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A few facts for repug anti-universal healthcare people.... (Original Post)
Heartstrings
Feb 2020
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hunter
(38,264 posts)1. Many universal healthcare opponents are simply racists.
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.....
Or its the Ive got mine, screw the rest of you mentality.
mwooldri
(10,291 posts)3. Here's a nice quote from an actual socialist...
Nye Bevan, father of the British National Health Service.
Heartstrings
(7,349 posts)4. This man was graced with compassion and empathy....nt
Myrddin
(327 posts)5. Add to that - Nye Bevan again...
"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."