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SHRED

(28,136 posts)
Sat Jun 24, 2017, 11:28 AM Jun 2017

I've got mine so the hell with you


That is the attitude in this country.

The sooner we work with that selfishness to show these selfish people how the AHCA affects them the better.

The message that "millions will lose coverage and many will die" falls on deaf ears.

I think that is the brutal truth.
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I've got mine so the hell with you (Original Post) SHRED Jun 2017 OP
. roamer65 Jun 2017 #1
Either. Or. Mr. Ected Jun 2017 #2
Yep SHRED Jun 2017 #3
They don't have theirs, they just want you to lose yours leftstreet Jun 2017 #4
There's always been an element of that in every society, CrispyQ Jun 2017 #5
It's amplified in the US by GOP propaganda media - Fox, right-wing radio sharedvalues Jun 2017 #10
We are the nation of greed, selfness and selfishness. democratisphere Jun 2017 #6
Shades of the Faux pas Jun 2017 #7
You nailed it big time. Wellstone ruled Jun 2017 #8
The Republican motto Sienna86 Jun 2017 #9

Mr. Ected

(9,670 posts)
2. Either. Or.
Sat Jun 24, 2017, 11:33 AM
Jun 2017

Either we're a nation of individuals that take care of ourselves but concede the societal benefits of collectively supporting our neighbors in need...

...Or we're a nation of individuals who owe nothing to no one but ourselves.

The right wingers subscribe to the latter, which is a blasphemous interpretation of the Constitution and undermines the integrity of our liberties and freedoms.

leftstreet

(36,081 posts)
4. They don't have theirs, they just want you to lose yours
Sat Jun 24, 2017, 11:36 AM
Jun 2017

The freaks cheering at Trump rallies aren't wealthy, and if they have anything at all they're hanging on by a thread.

They just don't want someone 'below' them on the ladder to get something they don't have.

Because then they'd know they're losing ground and they're fucked

CrispyQ

(36,230 posts)
5. There's always been an element of that in every society,
Sat Jun 24, 2017, 11:38 AM
Jun 2017

but when Reagan stated that greed is good, it really took off.

Sienna86

(2,147 posts)
9. The Republican motto
Sat Jun 24, 2017, 12:20 PM
Jun 2017

I've thought this for a long time. A good Democrat, while they have good things, want others to be able to also.

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