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JI7

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6. it's not just the politicians, many people don't want it which is why they vote for people like the

Reply to avaistheone1 (Reply #5)

Tue Sep 3, 2013, 04:00 AM

Sep 2013

congress members who keep voting to even get rid of things like obamacare . and they would never support single payer or anything else which would help people.

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All that money that they plan to spend "punishing" Syria would be better off spent fixing Detroit... [View all] MrScorpio Sep 2013 OP

there is enough money to do both JI7 Sep 2013 #1

Then divert the "Syrian" share of that money Art_from_Ark Sep 2013 #2

the problem is not lack of money JI7 Sep 2013 #3

I understand that Art_from_Ark Sep 2013 #4

How come there was not enough money or political will to bring a single-payer health care system to avaistheone1 Sep 2013 #5

it's not just the politicians, many people don't want it which is why they vote for people like the JI7 Sep 2013 #6

One answer is that universal health care would not reward politicians who became stockholders in AnotherMcIntosh Sep 2013 #7

K&R. Probably will be the best post of the day. AnotherMcIntosh Sep 2013 #8