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McKim

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4. If We Hat that......

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Fri Dec 6, 2019, 01:05 AM

Dec 2019

If we had those benefits then we couldn’t afford all those wars and military bases all over the world. This is where the bulk of our tax dollars go! This will continue until people demand better.

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Sweden Provides Free Higher Education, Universal Healthcare, Free Daycare -- Why Can't the U.S.? [View all] Newest Reality Dec 2019 OP

✔️ blm Dec 2019 #1

It's a combination of the MIC and the 1% stealing from the treasury. Crowman2009 Dec 2019 #2

Sure. Aussie105 Dec 2019 #7

I can tell you a little about european countries and their health care. My granddaughter & her napi21 Dec 2019 #3

If We Hat that...... McKim Dec 2019 #4

The problem is structural, from the Constitution to the tax base structure of school funding. ancianita Dec 2019 #5

A comparison of (averaged) take-home salaries for 40 countries. Lock him up. Dec 2019 #6

OMG OMG OMG We can't raise that kind of money!!!! Jakes Progress Dec 2019 #8

This is sort of a lateral tangent . . . Collimator Dec 2019 #9

Good point... Newest Reality Dec 2019 #10

I'll break out the excuses... tenderfoot Dec 2019 #11

Just wanted to chime in on one point . . . Collimator Dec 2019 #12

Yes. Scholarship students have to keep their grades up too. tenderfoot Dec 2019 #13