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Lonestarblue

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3. Not really surprising Trump's election led to bigger corporate profits.

Reply to sinkingfeeling (Reply #2)

Sat Dec 21, 2024, 12:16 PM

Dec 2024

That their profits continued to rise throughout Covid says a lot about how much money the got from the federal government and how little they spent on healthcare.

I think there might be a tipping point on healthcare coming. Democrats need to get behind comprehensive changes to our for-profit dysfunctional system quickly.

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