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SheltieLover

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14. RAPEubliCONS

Reply to RoeVWade (Original post)

Thu Dec 5, 2024, 11:25 AM

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Same as every other civilized dynamic we are deprived of.

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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 Thursday OP

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

Blame the circumstances of WW2 JT45242 Thursday #2

pretty much nailed them all. Sadly.... CurtEastPoint Thursday #3

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

You did miss one group of people dugog55 Thursday #25

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

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

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

Propaganda works Keepthesoulalive Thursday #7

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

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

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

The Centrist Extremist coalition are keeping Emile Thursday #13

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

Another legacy of Joe Lieberman... kirby Thursday #30

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

RAPEubliCONS SheltieLover Thursday #14

Insurance corporations NameAlreadyTaken Thursday #15

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

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

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

Joe Lieberman MaineBlueBear Thursday #18

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

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

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

that guy who got shot for one prodigitalson Thursday #23

🏆 Think. Again. Thursday #26

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

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

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

The death of the public county hospitals UpInArms Thursday #29

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

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

The "pro-business party" moondust Thursday #33

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

I blame politicians. nt Autumn Thursday #36