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In reply to the discussion: Why Republicans Are Opposed to Supporting the Poor - An Open Secret [View all]NewJeffCT
(56,828 posts)47. good analysis
but, on the other hand, universal healthcare was first implemented Otto von Bismarck in the late 19th century. Bismarck was a hardcore right winger. His rationale was that he wanted Germany to have enough healthy soldiers for his armies, and nationalistically, for Germans to be strongest/fastest soldiers on the battlefield. It was also to head off the socialists of the day by giving Germany something similar to what the socialists had wanted.
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Why Republicans Are Opposed to Supporting the Poor - An Open Secret [View all]
MineralMan
Mar 2017
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That's true for the conservative anarcho capitalists but I think it goes deeper than that..
JHan
Mar 2017
#1
Thanks--I was wondering what Will could have meant by "socialism doesn't work",
BlancheSplanchnik
Mar 2017
#63
Years ago the state of Texas eliminated critical thinking classes in schools
Stargazer99
Mar 2017
#42
There would be plenty of huge costs in human misery if there were not mandates
Stargazer99
Mar 2017
#48
The Reich Wing's treatment of the poor is why the French invented the National Razor.
kairos12
Mar 2017
#16
In a similar way we have homeless people and people locked up in inhumane prisons.
hunter
Mar 2017
#22
Interesting. SC justices do now realize their very existence is in danger
Eliot Rosewater
Mar 2017
#112
Both my husband and I are managers and we certainly don't feel safe from his policies.
lark
Mar 2017
#43