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DBoon

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78. "the people around them who are dying"
Mon Mar 2, 2020, 11:13 AM
Mar 2020

not just the people around them - many will actually realize that they are dying

Maybe they will figure out they have been lied to and that their lives are considered disposable by the wealthy

Or maybe they will just blame Obama and Soros

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Joe Biden
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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