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PoindexterOglethorpe

(25,750 posts)
49. Right.
Sat Feb 29, 2020, 03:29 PM
Feb 2020

And we're going to have to wait quite a while to know how much difference a particular country's health infrastructure makes.

I suspect China's leaves a lot to be desired.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Undecided
Recommended. H2O Man Feb 2020 #1
If by "make an actual healthcare for all plan a real possibility" you mean ehrnst Feb 2020 #2
Post removed Post removed Feb 2020 #22
Facts can be a buzzkill, can't they? ehrnst Feb 2020 #23
Don't give them ideas... Newest Reality Feb 2020 #30
They're way ahead of ya. Pence is heading up the Coronavirus task force flibbitygiblets Feb 2020 #63
I'm waiting for someone to implement it as the Final Solution for the homeless problem. NBachers Feb 2020 #3
No shit. Those are truer words than most people know. n/t PatrickforO Feb 2020 #5
True that I_UndergroundPanther Feb 2020 #57
Yep, and immigrants in detention.... ehrnst Feb 2020 #6
And prisons. irisblue Feb 2020 #18
Certainly Federal prisons, soldierant Feb 2020 #64
Oh god, that is something a Nazi would do Farmer-Rick Feb 2020 #28
Yes, this is how they think! McKim Feb 2020 #38
It's spelled out clearly in the PNAC documents, Eyeball_Kid Feb 2020 #41
and don't forget the immigrant children in cages DBoon Mar 2020 #77
I also recommended this. PatrickforO Feb 2020 #4
You've captured the issue brilliantly ProfessorPlum Feb 2020 #8
+1000 brutus smith Feb 2020 #24
Good description of how capitalism fails again and again. Farmer-Rick Feb 2020 #29
With unrestrained capitalism, that's the deal! dchill Feb 2020 #35
Social Darwinism has no relationship to Darwin or Evolutionary theory. Eyeball_Kid Feb 2020 #43
No doubt. It was the world of the Nazis, too. The gassings began PatrickforO Feb 2020 #65
You left out the millionaires. (nt) ehrnst Feb 2020 #46
Hello! You know, I've thought about that. PatrickforO Mar 2020 #81
PBS aired a special on the Spanish Flu and it is scary beyond belief Hestia Feb 2020 #59
Then the president says, "Nuke 'em. Nuke the bastards". n/t zackymilly Feb 2020 #61
"the people around them who are dying" DBoon Mar 2020 #78
Yes. The story about the guy who got stuck with a big bill just for getting himself tested DanTex Feb 2020 #7
The ACA is far more than a band-aid. It's real, and it actually got people insurance. ehrnst Feb 2020 #50
Just the vast majority of industrialized nations don't use single payer to achieve UHC ehrnst Feb 2020 #67
The focus on the wrong things. bluesxtreme Feb 2020 #9
Same. I'm lucky in my insurance ProfessorPlum Feb 2020 #11
If you are talking about a country's ability to manage Coronavirus as an example, it doesn't add up. beastie boy Feb 2020 #10
Right. PoindexterOglethorpe Feb 2020 #49
Ah, but ..... paleotn Feb 2020 #53
I would rather stick with Canada's system as well. But that was not my point. beastie boy Feb 2020 #58
The original premis was that the USA healthcare system would Blue_true Feb 2020 #66
Mike Pence will pray for us IronLionZion Feb 2020 #12
Pence the Patsy will kiss Trumps hind end at all costs. MakeAmericaLoveAgain Feb 2020 #42
Yep, and he can take his tots and pears.... paleotn Feb 2020 #54
I thought Bernie supporters don't care if he manages to get anything done... Moderateguy Feb 2020 #13
This post makes zero sense ProfessorPlum Feb 2020 #14
That is accurate. No Sanders supporters are flippant about Sander's policy priorities nt ramen Feb 2020 #17
Yeah, supporters like his policies but don't want them implemented Farmer-Rick Feb 2020 #31
That sounded Bloombergian. dchill Feb 2020 #36
it would be best to honestly say that Trump won. SleeplessinSoCal Feb 2020 #15
It's so true ProfessorPlum Feb 2020 #19
Get ready for the "even if we had MFA right now, it wouldn't do X to stop the Coronavirus" stopbush Feb 2020 #16
Even if MFA had been voted into law in 2017, it would not be in place. ehrnst Feb 2020 #21
Conspiracy, or not? Traildogbob Feb 2020 #20
"Tell me this, have you EVER seen trumps and GOP project exactly what they do? " brutus smith Feb 2020 #25
Your idea should be seriously considered. McKim Feb 2020 #39
Our government, meaning the United States government, did no such thing. Jedi Guy Mar 2020 #70
My mistake Traildogbob Mar 2020 #71
Imo, shitty, unjustifed attitude and ignorant one also. Hortensis Feb 2020 #26
Wow, that's not the US healthcare system I see Farmer-Rick Feb 2020 #34
Not a realistic picture of our healthcare system. It is not what Hortensis Feb 2020 #44
Your antidotal experience is not reality. forthemiddle Mar 2020 #69
Don't you know? All you have to do is ask the church for help and they will be right there. Ferrets are Cool Feb 2020 #27
Edgar Allan Poe Toorich Feb 2020 #32
no wonder he's hoping that the virus miraculously disappears ProfessorPlum Feb 2020 #33
Yeah, he is a prime candidate to get complications and die from the virus Farmer-Rick Feb 2020 #37
These bastards sent this to California, Oregon and Washington State MakeAmericaLoveAgain Feb 2020 #40
Seems pretty deliberate to me also. Texin Feb 2020 #51
They dropped these people with possible Coronavirus out West! Payback for Impeachment? MakeAmericaLoveAgain Feb 2020 #55
Suffering through the idiot's press conference with "bobble-head pence" actively breathing ... Hulk Feb 2020 #45
Actively breathing? Pence? Warpy Feb 2020 #48
That is exactly right Warpy Feb 2020 #47
Well said. NT warmfeet Feb 2020 #52
I hope I don't die before I_UndergroundPanther Feb 2020 #56
The Chinese did a great job Progressive dog Feb 2020 #60
The last part of Bill Maher last night was good... BigmanPigman Feb 2020 #62
K&R mvd Mar 2020 #68
+1000 ProfessorPlum Mar 2020 #73
Our healthcare system is in shambles and I hope to god we get a M4A in place Vivienne235729 Mar 2020 #72
and yet, M4A is enormously popular ProfessorPlum Mar 2020 #74
It is NOT enormously popular w the majority of Republicans or independents. Vivienne235729 Mar 2020 #75
this poll is older ProfessorPlum Mar 2020 #79
I don't believe that poll. I believe in what I see. Middle and right leaning Vivienne235729 Mar 2020 #82
because fear so often drives us to make the right decision. ProfessorPlum Mar 2020 #83
It's not fear. But I know you have a your talking points you gotta stick to. Got it. Vivienne235729 Mar 2020 #84
We already pay twice as much as it would cost for a single payer healthcare plan ProfessorPlum Mar 2020 #80
The ACA was a huge movement forward treestar Mar 2020 #76
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