40,000 die every year - 3000 died one day - how much have we put into

[2Design]

the 3000 while killing even more people - we have a congress who has government run health insurance paid for by us deciding yet again that the people do not deserve health insurance and that it is ok for 40,000 to die every year and they rather waste money on wars, bullets, and bombs, drones, military complex stuff - does not sound like this is a good government for the people or by the people - they have sold their souls to corporations who now run the country for the worse - those same corporations gave all our jobs away and ran up prices on homes so there was an illusion of money while those homes could be used as ATM's

Am I missing something here? Are we now truly a third world country for the majority and a great country for the minority at the top?

[CrownPrinceBandar]

1. You're last sentence sums it up pretty well.............

"Are we now truly a third world country for the majority and a great country for the minority at the top?"

The scales have been removed from my eyes as far as how things work in this country: 40 mil uninsured, 40K dying every year from lack of health care and 10% unemployment is perfectly acceptable for the plebs, as long as the ruling/ownership class get theirs.

[PDJane]

2. Yes.

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[grilled onions]

4. Why Is It We Can Always Afford War????

WHile many of us do without luxuries like cell phones,cable,vacations(my ownly luxury is the internet but it's also my way I order my meds every month)we see so much money going into destructive campaigns,a lot of space bucks too. But when it comes to practical things like healthcare they just can't see the point of investing in such a venture. They don't want to help people maintain their health and quality of life at all. They expect us to save while they squander. We have to do without so they can do(with tax payer money) whatever they damn please and we should be HAPPY about it!

[eridani]

5. If some foreign power killed 40,000 Americans a year--

--Repukes would cheerfully add another trillion to the debt to turn the place into a radioactive cinder.