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moondust

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33. The "pro-business party"

Reply to RoeVWade (Original post)

Thu Dec 5, 2024, 02:18 PM

Dec 5

If "big gubment" provides a service like health care, capitalist predators may have a hard time making a fortune off it.

I remember decades ago it looked to me like the GQP was doing all they could to keep their voters from finding out how other countries did things like universal health care, public transportation (trains), etc. Anything "big gubment" does is "evil komyunizum!"

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Who do you blame for no universal health care in the first place? I blame all the people against it. [View all] RoeVWade Dec 5 OP

Because the people the GOP hate might get to see a doctor when they are sick. Irish_Dem Dec 5 #1

Blame the circumstances of WW2 JT45242 Dec 5 #2

pretty much nailed them all. Sadly.... CurtEastPoint Dec 5 #3

We need major election reform if we're ever going to wrest control of our government from corporate interests. CrispyQ Dec 5 #8

You did miss one group of people dugog55 Dec 5 #25

The US has the most expensive health care in the world and the lowest life expectancies of the industrialized nations... surfered Dec 5 #4

Rotting carcasses Joe Lieberman (Dino) and Orrin Hatch (R) Submariner Dec 5 #5

It was centrists who denied us the public option Emile Dec 5 #6

Propaganda works Keepthesoulalive Dec 5 #7

dumb ass voters that easily believe right wing lies JI7 Dec 5 #9

Being in the Medacare system has led me to one answer randr Dec 5 #10

The ACA was supposed to have included a public option and Democratic senators opposed it question everything Dec 5 #11

The Centrist Extremist coalition are keeping Emile Dec 5 #13

Think most businesses would love to get out of providing health insurance nowadays, but they know they will be taxed Silent Type Dec 5 #20

Another legacy of Joe Lieberman... kirby Dec 5 #30

I blame all the moneyed interests that are against it. Basso8vb Dec 5 #12

RAPEubliCONS SheltieLover Dec 5 #14

Insurance corporations NameAlreadyTaken Dec 5 #15

People for it aren't fighting hard for it either Kaleva Dec 5 #16

So we have to pay the people we vote for to do the right thing Emile Dec 5 #35

Totally agree. But since inception of Medicare, private insurers have been involved if only administering Silent Type Dec 5 #17

Joe Lieberman MaineBlueBear Dec 5 #18

Because MAGA Republicans do not want the rich to pay the same rate in taxes... ProudMNDemocrat Dec 5 #19

The reason? EEEK!! It's SOCIALISM!! Ping Tung Dec 5 #21

I blame a propaganda system that routinely convinces people Voltaire2 Dec 5 #22

that guy who got shot for one prodigitalson Dec 5 #23

🏆 Think. Again. Dec 5 #26

Southern politicians in the 1940's and 1950's who were aghast at the thought that ... dawg Dec 5 #24

The insurance industry that bribes politicians through "lobbyists". Think. Again. Dec 5 #27

It is those 'middlemen' who have lobbied hard... pandr32 Dec 5 #28

The death of the public county hospitals UpInArms Dec 5 #29

Ted Kennedy championed Universal Healthcare for decades. He felt it was a human right. Greybnk48 Dec 5 #31

I suspect many legislators are invested, and/or DJ Synikus Makisimus Dec 5 #32

The "pro-business party" moondust Dec 5 #33

Here's a different source to blame - the US history of employer provided health insurance karynnj Dec 5 #34

I blame politicians. nt Autumn Dec 5 #36