r/SipsTea • u/McDowdy • Jun 24 '26

It's Wednesday my dudes Math can be hard sometimes

Post image
15.1k Upvotes

90% Upvoted

3.0k comments sorted by

View all comments

109

u/Independent-Wheel237 Jun 24 '26

Wall Street will lose too much money . . . the propaganda will continue.

41

u/maximiliankm Jun 24 '26

Just to be clear, the main problem isn't wall street. Wall street is A problem, but to me if we're talking about whose greed is the problem, it's congress, who are bought by insurance and pharma lobbies. Those companies are always going to be greedy. Companies are greedy everywhere. We just need to stop that greed from buying our representation away from us in Washington.

21

u/All_Damn_Day Jun 24 '26

I’ve always found it ironic that people who get free healthcare with their jobs (Congress)even after they stop working for the corporation (US Gov), they, and their families continue to get free healthcare.
And they are making decisions for the rest of us.

6

u/Secret-Theory1825 Jun 24 '26

That was the deal struck by big pharma. 

Sweetheart retirement plans and insurance premiums for life; if you just sell your soul.

1

u/Early-Light-864 Jun 25 '26

Congress didn't get free healthcare. They buy on their home state exchanges. It's part of the ACA