Now is the time.
The unprecedented crises we are living in call for an unprecedented response.
If there is any silver lining in the horrific situation we now find ourselves in, it is the need to understand how we got here and how we can prevent future disasters like this.
The unprecedented crises we are living in call for an unprecedented response.
If there is any silver lining in the horrific situation we now find ourselves in, it is the need to understand how we got here and how we can prevent future disasters like this.
Our dysfunctional health care system must be replaced by a Medicare for All, single-payer system, which not only guarantees health care for everyone as a right, but has a strong public health component which prepares our country for health care crises like the coronavirus.
There is no excuse for the wealthiest nation on Earth not to be prepared to have adequate test kits for a pandemic, or have the protective masks, gloves and gowns our medical personnel require.
Our current economy, which allows for a grotesque level of income and wealth inequality and forces half of our people to live paycheck-to-paycheck, must be replaced by an economy that works for all, not just the few.
It is unacceptable that tens of millions of Americans, despite working hard at full-time jobs, now find themselves laid off, with nothing in the bank and are terrified as to how they'll be able to feed their kids.
