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Related: About this forumRepublican Shocked Healthcare Bill He Voted For Will Cost His State $3 Billion
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Republican Shocked Healthcare Bill He Voted For Will Cost His State $3 Billion (Original Post)
rsacamano
May 2017
OP
Red Knight
(704 posts)1. It's people like the last guy who make me want to give up
If you have to sell a kidney to pay for healthcare it's okay because you only need one to live?
What kind of country do we live in where people think like this?
Fighting politicians is one thing. Fighting the idiocy of half the American public is quite another.
Guilded Lilly
(5,591 posts)2. Frightening and maddening. The maddening part is the joke of politics...
The frightening part , which has been magnified to the max with this election is The Stupid that permeates America.
Politicians are incompetent, self-serving and disingenuous. Not all, but certainly enough to create a valid point to the stereotype.
But the Stupid.
How do we deal with the reckless Stupid?
NCjack
(10,297 posts)3. If a woman donates one of kidneys to save her mother, both now have
pre-existing health conditions. Thank you, President Trump.