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Pixeloid's avatar

Speaking of endless supplies of weapons, here's a fun fact. In about one week the entire stockpile of anti-missile system armaments will be gone. No more Iron Dome or protection for US bases in the region. Iran on the other hand has plenty.

Quaint One's avatar

Tax the money hoarders!

Suel J's avatar

There is more than enough money to fund universal healthcare, including eyes and teeth, snap benefits, disability support, maternity leave, education, and the very rich will still be able to do anything they want.

Daniel O'Riordan's avatar

More of this. Of course it won't pass. But it shows the American people where we stand and where the Republicans stand, and all their screams about Socialism get rather tinny when the government starts dropping bombs all over the place.

BlueSpot's avatar

Billionaires should be taxed at 50% of their total wealth, and 80% of their total yearly income, no matter the source of that income.

Hank Napkin's avatar

Here we are, coughing, and limping, and wetting our way to Greatness.

Gammarae's avatar

look, choose one--we either have enough to fight forever, or we don't have enough to make you happy, tang.

christopher columbus, could he just for one day shut his stupid fucking mouth and give everybody a break?

David Maceira's avatar

The GOP healthcare plan. Hurry up and die.

Reader's avatar

The Dems were fighting against Congress needing to declare war, as if that's not already the law. I don't reckon they're going to do anything meaningful ever again.

Craig Nixon's avatar

𝐴𝑚𝑒𝑟𝑖𝑐𝑎𝑛𝑠 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑑𝑖𝑠𝑎𝑏𝑖𝑙𝑖𝑡𝑖𝑒𝑠 𝑤ℎ𝑜 𝑟𝑒𝑙𝑦 𝑜𝑛 ℎ𝑜𝑚𝑒 𝑐𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑛𝑜𝑤 𝑔𝑒𝑡𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑛𝑜𝑡𝑖𝑓𝑖𝑐𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑦 𝑤𝑖𝑙𝑙 𝑛𝑜 𝑙𝑜𝑛𝑔𝑒𝑟 𝑞𝑢𝑎𝑙𝑖𝑓𝑦 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑠𝑒 𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑔𝑟𝑎𝑚𝑠, 𝑜𝑟 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑦 𝑤𝑖𝑙𝑙 𝑛𝑜 𝑙𝑜𝑛𝑔𝑒𝑟 𝑔𝑒𝑡 𝑎𝑠 𝑚𝑢𝑐ℎ 𝑎𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑦 𝑛𝑒𝑒𝑑. 𝐼𝑛 𝑚𝑎𝑛𝑦 𝑐𝑎𝑠𝑒𝑠, 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑘𝑖𝑛𝑑 𝑜𝑓 ℎ𝑜𝑚𝑒 𝑐𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑖𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑑𝑖𝑓𝑓𝑒𝑟𝑒𝑛𝑐𝑒 𝑏𝑒𝑡𝑤𝑒𝑒𝑛 𝑏𝑒𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑎𝑏𝑙𝑒 𝑡𝑜 𝑙𝑖𝑣𝑒 𝑎𝑡 ℎ𝑜𝑚𝑒 𝑎𝑛𝑑 ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡𝑜 𝑔𝑜 𝑙𝑖𝑣𝑒 𝑖𝑛 𝑎 𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑖𝑑𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑖𝑎𝑙 𝑐𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑓𝑎𝑐𝑖𝑙𝑖𝑡𝑦

So in a nifty bit of something like irony, that happens to be me now. Recently enrolled in Long Term Care, I just had the very first visit from a home health aide *today*, after literal months of jumping through hoops to prove my need.

Even stranger...I just got on Medicaid for the first time in October, a mere 17 weeks ago. Now I keep getting calls and emails saying my Medicaid needs to be renewed, it's time for recert already.

Since when do Social Service programs go through all this and approve clients for only 6 months at a time?? I've never heard of such a thing.

Beelzebub Griddlecake's avatar

I think billionaires should be able to opt out of paying cash and instead be able to make a one-time payment of 12 liters of blood. Their own blood. And it has to be drawn at the time of payment. For those with fewer than 12 liters of blood at time of withdrawal, everything they have can also be accepted.

Wookiee Monster's avatar

Republicans believe that anything that makes life more affordable and pleasant disincentivizes work, thus depriving them of an easily exploited underclass.

At the same time, the Epstein class is eager to start replacing virtually every middle and lower class job with AI. Even if AI isn’t up to the task just yet. Hell, Quack Oz is even saying AI can replace rural doctors because why keep those hospitals and clinics open when R2-D2 can perform Pap smears and colonoscopies?

I don’t see how this is sustainable.

ReSister For Life Callyson's avatar

"Will this pass right now at this very moment? Probably not. But it’s a damn good idea to keep reminding people what they could have"

Again, again, and again, until they finally vote for it...

/FFS

Megan Macomber's avatar

Donald Trump. Linear Time. Two Great Tastes Th@ ^%*@#!)(*#4)#*)&$&$&+<?<?>...

"Sleepy Joe Biden...gave so much of the super high end away (FREE!) [and] didn't bother to replace it. Fortunately, I rebuilt the military in my first term...!!!"

Trump's actual Truth words.

Wookiee Monster's avatar

He’s trying to claim that everything he’s done has been perfect while blaming Biden for everything bad, which is hard to do since the syphilis has eaten half of his brain.

And the money Biden spent on aid to Ukraine literally went to resupplying our stockpiles.

ReSister For Life Callyson's avatar

1. High end WHAT?

2. He does know his first term was before Biden's, meaning he couldn't have "rebuilt" something that Biden did during his term in office, right? RIGHT?

3. What?

Daniel O'Riordan's avatar

We've reached the quantum stage of the presidency.

You Should Ice That Burn's avatar

Time isn't linear when you're a God-King.

Daniel O'Riordan's avatar

Paul Atreides could give him a few lessons in coherence, though.

Zyxomma's avatar

Ta, Robyn. Everyone here knows I work in The Bronx at a Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) where we must treat everyone, regardless of their ability to pay. I'm retiring this year, so I won't see the worst of what happens.

𝕺𝖓𝖙𝖍𝖊𝖔𝖙𝖍𝖊𝖗𝖍𝖆𝖓𝖉's avatar

Congratulations on your impending retirement. Is M going to retire also?

Bitter Scribe's avatar

This is a peripheral issue to the subject of this post, but I can't help it:

It makes me absolutely furious to see a piece of shit aged punk like Donald Trump be in a position to sneer at a courageous, virtuous, upright man like Zelenskyy.

God damn the stupid idiots who voted him in. Fucking morons.

Craig Nixon's avatar

Once again, the sitting president trashes our allies and sides with the enemy against the US.

Hey, we're at war - can it be considered treason yet?

Don't we execute people for that? Asking for Ashli Babbit.