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Single Payer (Original Post)
SHRED
Aug 2018
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Meadowoak
(5,546 posts)1. Because it would cut into the profits of big pharma, which would cut into campaign donations
(To both party's).
SHRED
(28,136 posts)2. Much much more to Repubs
Let's not play the false equivalency game.
KY_EnviroGuy
(14,491 posts)3. Most humans follow the golden rule....
and try to not do harm to other humans, other life forms and the planet.
Republican's only rule of existence is to never do harm to any corporation......
KY_EnviroGuy
(14,491 posts)4. K&R. Nice thought, Ed - and thanks Shred.
Also:
* mostly single-payer national interstate highway system,
* single-payer space exploration efforts,
* single-payer disease control and prevention (CDC), and
* single-payer aviation control and safety systems.......and many more...
Let us never forget that Republicans would love to privatize every damn one of these government functions....
SHRED
(28,136 posts)5. Excellent added points!