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The country can’t afford to NOT provide healthcare for all.
Insurance companies, who currently run our healthcare system, can’t or don’t want to afford it.
(That’s a statement about insurance companies, by the way.)
Insurance companies, who currently run our healthcare system, can’t or don’t want to afford it.
(That’s a statement about insurance companies, by the way.)
We, the wealthiest nation in recorded history, can “afford” whatever the hell we want.
Right now we’ve decided to “afford” decades long wars to accomplish unknown objectives, and a billionaire class accountable to no one, buying items of shocking extravagance they barely use.
Right now we’ve decided to “afford” decades long wars to accomplish unknown objectives, and a billionaire class accountable to no one, buying items of shocking extravagance they barely use.
When somebody says we can’t “afford” to care for all our sick, or to educate our population, it’s not a statement of economics but rather of priority.
Howard Schultz can get fucked, and so can any so-called “pragmatic centrist” with a priority to protect our insane status quo.
Howard Schultz can get fucked, and so can any so-called “pragmatic centrist” with a priority to protect our insane status quo.
The cost of not caring for the sick is lost life.
The cost of not educating the population is ignorance.
The cost of not investing in infrastructure and maintenance is decay.
All carry a heavy cost of political and social instability.
Speaking of what we can't afford.
The cost of not educating the population is ignorance.
The cost of not investing in infrastructure and maintenance is decay.
All carry a heavy cost of political and social instability.
Speaking of what we can't afford.
The people calling themselves "conservative" are actually the most radical ideologues imaginable.
We should stop drinking what they're pouring.
Literally, in some cases.
We should stop drinking what they're pouring.
Literally, in some cases.
