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Heartstrings

(7,349 posts) Mon Feb 17, 2020, 11:17 PM Feb 2020

A few facts for repug anti-universal healthcare people....

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A few facts for repug anti-universal healthcare people.... (Original Post) Heartstrings Feb 2020 OP

Many universal healthcare opponents are simply racists. hunter Feb 2020 #1

Very true..... Heartstrings Feb 2020 #2

Here's a nice quote from an actual socialist... mwooldri Feb 2020 #3

This man was graced with compassion and empathy....nt Heartstrings Feb 2020 #4

Add to that - Nye Bevan again... Myrddin Feb 2020 #5

hunter

(40,853 posts)

1. Many universal healthcare opponents are simply racists.

Reply to Heartstrings (Original post)

Mon Feb 17, 2020, 11:49 PM

Feb 2020

They'd be fine with some kind of "universal" healthcare system that only covered straight white people.

They have the same attitude about public education.

It makes them angry to see their tax dollars "wasted" on schools where the majority of students are not white.

Heartstrings

(7,349 posts)

2. Very true.....

Reply to hunter (Reply #1)

Mon Feb 17, 2020, 11:55 PM

Feb 2020

Or it’s the “I’ve got mine, screw the rest of you” mentality.

mwooldri

(10,827 posts)

3. Here's a nice quote from an actual socialist...

Reply to Heartstrings (Original post)

Tue Feb 18, 2020, 12:55 AM

Feb 2020

Nye Bevan, father of the British National Health Service.

Heartstrings

(7,349 posts)

4. This man was graced with compassion and empathy....nt

Reply to mwooldri (Reply #3)

Tue Feb 18, 2020, 01:51 AM

Feb 2020

Myrddin

(329 posts)

5. Add to that - Nye Bevan again...

Reply to mwooldri (Reply #3)

Tue Feb 18, 2020, 06:05 AM

Feb 2020

"Not even the apparently enlightened principle of the ‘greatest good for the greatest number’ can excuse indifference to individual suffering. There is no test for progress other than its impact on the individual."

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