After we survive this fascist administration

[standingtall]

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There needs to be a constitutional amendment guaranteeing Universal Healthcare with no strings attached. I don't want to hear we can't afford it B.S. The Government gave 38 billion to Elon Musk alone who then helped steal health insurance from poor people. So we could give every person in America a lot of money of the 38 billion we gave to Elon Musk and the billions we give to other oligarchs and billions of dollars in the ice budget and military spending, but poor people can't have health insurance without being enslaved to employers. This is gross.

[Irish_Dem]

1. Richest country in the history of the world cannot afford healthcare or education for its people.

When other modern countries do so with ease.

Yes Americans have been scammed for a long time.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

2. Single payer, available to all, cuts healthcare costs in half with longer life expectancies.

We all benefit when health improves even if our own doesn't.

The middle-aged man caring for his elderly mother who can't afford healthcare is less able to teach the student who might find the cure for his mother's disease.

The mother who dies early is not there to help her daughter be the first in the family to go to university.

[Irish_Dem]

6. Billionaires must get richer scamming the American public.

Yes the most valuable resource we have are people.
We start killing most of them and we lose quality of life.

[Texin]

44. The billionaire class don't believe that. They'll be fine (or so they believe). This belief is what is driving all this.

If you're not part of this group, you're just surplus unwanted human chaff insofar as they're concerned.

[paleotn]

29. This!!!!!!

[Silent Type]

3. Don't disagree with the point. Although, think $38 B divided by 347 M people is like $110, not several million dollar

But I do get my zeroes messed up nowadays. I'll delete if incorrect.

[standingtall]

11. If the google A.I. thingy is correct there are 1 thousand million in 1 billion

That would be almost 3 million for every person. 38 billion would be over 10 million and almost 11.

[Silent Type]

13. That's wrong, sorry. And a good example of false AI. Use this site, put in $38 B divided by 347 M. AI ain't

very accurate on a lot of things. Gotta verify.

https://www.mymathtables.com/calculator/number/billion-divide-by-million-calculator.html

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38 Billion is divided by 347 Million = 109.51

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38 Billion is divided by 347 Million = 109.51
38 Billion is divided by 348 Million = 109.195
38 Billion is divided by 349 Million = 108.883
38 Billion is divided by 350 Million = 108.571
38 Billion is divided by 351 Million = 108.262

[soldierant]

41. An American billion, IIRC, is indeed a thousand million.

A British billion, on the other hand, is a million million. And the same applies when you move to trillion - An American trillion is a thousand billion, whereas a British trillion is a million (British) billion. At that [point we are apart by a substantial factor.

So, yes, 38 American billions divided by 347 million is in the neighbothood of 110.
If it were 38 British billions divided by 347 million, it would be more like 110,000.
To the best of my knowledge, all American federal accounting uses the American billion.

[J_William_Ryan]

4. "There needs to be a constitutional amendment guaranteeing Universal Healthcare..."

There does – but it’s not going to happen, not anytime soon.

And should we survive this fascist administration there’ll likely be another; there’s nothing stopping the next Republican president from being an authoritarian fascist thug. Indeed, Trump has created a template for authoritarianism, executive branch precedent allowing a president to abuse his power, ignore the courts, and violate the law with impunity – just as Trump was able to do.

[standingtall]

7. Probably not, but if a bunch of idiots in the Country wake up

There is a chance

[paleotn]

34. The worse it gets, and believe me it will get far worse.

The more inaccurate your statement will be. These things come in cycles. The pendulum will swing the other way. Whether that’s in an intact US that we now recognize remains to be seen.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

5. There also needs to be strict lines drawn about felons running for office and corruption. . . . . nt

[NoRethugFriends]

8. If

[republianmushroom]

9. Never again "we can't afford guaranteeing Universal Healthcare".

Never !

[bif]

10. I think your math is a bit off

"So we could give every person in America almost 3 million dollars alone just off of 1 billion"

Does not compute, Will Robinson.

[standingtall]

12. If there is 1 thousand million in a billion then yes

If the google A.I. answer is correct. I always thought there were 100 million in a billion before. 347 goes into 1,000 almost 3 times.

[The Madcap]

31. Watch out for the European version of a billion.

Not the same as U.s. In a lot of European languages, 1 billion = 10^12, not 10^9 like in U.S.

[Evolve Dammit]

14. IF we "survive". No guarantees

[standingtall]

21. We will get through this

at least some will and we better remember it.

[Evolve Dammit]

40. Hope you're right.

[soldierant]

42. Some will indeed.

I likely won't, but some will, and the country will.

No telling what that will look like.

[swong19104]

15. I think your math

is off by several zeros.

Your point is correct, but your numbers don’t add up.

[standingtall]

17. Edited the post would still be a lot of money though

and we probably could get to that number or higher if we counted all the money we've given billionaires and the ice budget. I don't want to get a headache dealing with huge numbers.

[Mr.Bee]

16. After this fascist administration

they better count the gold bricks in Fort Knox

[Hope22]

18. I suggest sooner rather than later. Nt

[standingtall]

19. I hope somebody counted them before then too

Pretty sure any fascist will simply claim the gold in Fort Knox was gone long before they took power to avoid accountability.

[JoseBalow]

20. $2.88

[Greg_In_SF]

22. The chances

of getting two thirds of either Congress, or the States, to vote for a Constitutional amendment is beyond slim.

[standingtall]

23. The chances will increase the worse it gets

if we still have a Democracy or at least sort of.

[Greg_In_SF]

24. The last time we added an amendment

to the Constitution, it took 202 years to get it done.

[standingtall]

26. Well there was 1 about 20 years before that

that only took 100 days to pass.

[Wiz Imp]

46. The 26th amendment took only about 4 months from initial introduction

In Congress to full ratification by 3/4 of the states.

[standingtall]

27. a lot

2/3rds of Congress and ratified by 3/4ths of State legislatures. For starters. We better get to unbrainwashing idiots and winning elections.

[WarGamer]

30. The problem is the open barn door.

Every RW'er will want new amendments for their pet issues too.

More likely to have a future DEM Congress pass ACA v2.0 which pays very large subsidies up to a high income threshold FOR ALL.

[Silent Type]

43. Exactly. No telling what we'd come out with if GOPers have control.

[BlueTsunami2018]

28. You're quite optimistic.

Fascists don’t just go away. You can’t “vote them out”.

There’s only one way to be rid of facsists. And I don’t know if the American People have the sand to do what it takes.

[pfitz59]

32. I fear you are correct

When the game is rigged one must end the game.

[standingtall]

33. If the American people get desoperate enough

All bets are off. America has been through things just as bad if not worse then fascism, None of us alive have, but America as a Nation has and came through it.

[BlueTsunami2018]

35. That's the problem.

We need to act now. Not when there is nothing left to lose.

The warning sirens are screaming, they’ve been screaming for a couple decades now and people just go about their lives oblivious to the danger.

[sop]

36. Fundamental change requires creating strict campaign finance laws and limits; nothing good will happen so long as

big money interests can buy elected representatives and control government. Seriously limiting presidential power, and overturning that ridiculous Trump immunity ruling, should also be a priority.

[standingtall]

39. We need to do that too

but in order to do that we've got to take back the House and the Senate and hope we don't get anymore Manchin's,Sinema's or Fetterman's. So we can reform the Courts especially the Supreme Court. That's going to be hard, but it's more realistic then thinking we just leave it like it is and those right wing fascist enabling Judges are just going to change their ways.

[AllaN01Bear]

37. ding.

[cab67]

38. More than that.

The electoral college has to go.

Political gerrymandering has to be outlawed.

Thanks to the Supreme Court, we now have to clearly state that the President is not above the law, and that corporations aren't people; and if we have to reiterate birthright citizenship and the right of everyone in this country to due process, regardless of their immigration status, even though they're already in the 14th amendment, so be it.

The ERA has to be revived.

Evangelicals like to claim "separation of church and state" isn't in the constitution; scholars disagree, but let's put it there, just to make sure.

[Warpy]

47. Most countries that come through a period of dictatorship

liberalize greatly once it's over. The exceptions seem to be those that sink into a defacto inheritable monarchy, like N. Korea, or those with an inheritable oligarchy, either business, religious, or military, that will pick the next dictator over the objections of any or all of the people.

However, those are in the minority and even they often enjoy a short period of moderation before the new thug turns sour.