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Obama tried to give tens of millions of Americans access to affordable insurance and the right NCLefty Nov 2019 #1
Big insurance fought it most to protect the for-profit wealthcare of corprats. CousinIT Nov 2019 #20
We have a system that is about profits and not people, because corporations own our lawmakers. Doodley Nov 2019 #2
I don't think you understand. democratisphere Nov 2019 #3
Defense spending and recent tax cuts ArizonaLib Nov 2019 #13
Agreed. TANSTAAFL nonsense. MarcA Nov 2019 #26
A much healthier, more educated populace would go a long way toward mitigating those realities. Garrett78 Nov 2019 #14
Warren, who is an economist, understands it won't pay for itself. Hence, she says she will raise emmaverybo Nov 2019 #4
The controversy is in BlueMTexpat Nov 2019 #5
I am addressing the money question only. But M4All is not going to happen. We can expand emmaverybo Nov 2019 #6
Certainly not, BlueMTexpat Nov 2019 #8
Yep. A lot of people are against running on it and shaming them is not going to change their emmaverybo Nov 2019 #9
Fighting any GOPer plans to gut BlueMTexpat Nov 2019 #10
Oh honestly. No attempt to shame you. Sorry if it came across that way. The tears emoji should have emmaverybo Nov 2019 #21
You express a very reasoned approach. I personally Laura PourMeADrink Nov 2019 #22
We also need price controls Dirty Socialist Nov 2019 #7
Reign in the MIC and there'd be plenty of money for our real necessities. Magoo48 Nov 2019 #11
No, that's my point: there's *already* plenty of money Recursion Nov 2019 #12
Yes, agreed, I misunderstood your point. 😐 sorry Magoo48 Nov 2019 #16
Excellent point and I have thought about that often - the Laura PourMeADrink Nov 2019 #23
True. Okies (red state) are the most charitable, giving people - as long as... Beartracks Nov 2019 #27
I agree. This isn't about money so much as culture. Garrett78 Nov 2019 #15
Not to delve into the primaries, but Yang talks about that Recursion Nov 2019 #17
Most other public health systems around the world pay doctors less... Sancho Nov 2019 #18
Yes, that's solid info, which makes telling people THEY won't to Hortensis Nov 2019 #19
We don't, you're right. We just WhiteTara Nov 2019 #24
No, I mean, we literally don't need to reduce the military budget by anything. Literally nothing. Recursion Nov 2019 #25
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