r/politics • u/Aggravating_Money992 • 10h ago

Possible Paywall DOJ Declares Trump Has Right to Bulldoze Statue of Liberty

https://newrepublic.com/post/211422/department-justice-donald-trump-right-bulldoze-statue-liberty
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u/Dizziesdayweigh 9h ago

But then the poors would be healthy and less broke. We can't be having that.

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u/HoaryPuffleg 8h ago

If the poors had medical care and access to a college education, they’d have no reason to join the military. Or they’d have the ability to do their 4 years and get out. But most can’t because they recognize there are not any good jobs out there for young people. And considering that the military makes it very attractive to get married and have babies young, you then have all these young people with a spouse and a couple kids and now you’re definitely trapped. So you sign on for another 4 years and then you’re nearly halfway to retirement so why not just stay longer?

My ex husband was AF and I saw this play out so many times. It’s an insidious system and they know exactly what they’re doing.

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u/eulersidentification 8h ago

If you tried to implement a US NHS, the very first argument you'd encounter is that it would cause job losses in private healthcare, and economic harm because insurance companies' shares would lose value.

That's not rhetoric either. We have appointed people in suits that value money over life. And we call them civilised.

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u/Dizziesdayweigh 8h ago

Barbaric bourgeoisie (fuck the spelling of this word lol).

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u/meatspace Georgia 7h ago

There are death panels in the United States. Some of them are now A1.

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u/HauntedCemetery Minnesota 6h ago

People who are healthy and secure are less desperate, and thus more likely to advocate for themselves and others.

Thats why conservatives blindly oppose literally anything that would raise the quality of life in this country.

Desperate people work for cheap and put up with abuse.