Even though this would be a win for all Americans – and humanity – it apparently did not outweigh the politics of making a Democrat look good. This is the definition of party over country.
I’m a doctor.So is my mother. When she got cancer, I realized how little that mattered.
Republicans have stated budget cuts need to be made with an ever-growing debt. But where was this attitude when tax cuts for the wealthy were on the table in 2017? They don’t have to look at patients in the eye and break the devastating news that they have cancer. They don’t have to treat cancers that block intestines or drown a patient’s lungs in fluid.
Dems in power: Oh, won’t somebody think of the deficit!!!
Republicans in power: Cut taxes, double the military, cut more taxes (only the corporations this time).
Lmfao the GOP raised taxes on the middle class with Trump, what the fuck are you talking about
Pretty sure he lowered taxes on everybody. It benefited the rich and corporations the most, but he definitely didn’t raise taxes on anybody…
He also set these non corporate tax cuts to expire after he left office…
As I understand it, he cut taxes for everyone but they set those cuts to expire for the middle class. This is set to happen at the end of 2025: https://www.cbpp.org/research/federal-tax/the-2017-trump-tax-law-was-skewed-to-the-rich-expensive-and-failed-to-deliver
Right. He did not raise taxes as the other comment said.
Not that what he did was good, but we should get the facts straight at least…
Arguably taxes were raised for high tax, high cost of living states. For me, the major change was no longer being able to deduct all the property tax I pay, much less state income tax.
While yes I make a good income, it doesn’t stretch as far where I live. More importantly, my house is an 80+ year old starter home - I’m not crying into my avocado toast from some McMansion in a gated suburb with HOA.
Are you saying that you would have paid less in taxes on the previous tax code? Either way, this probably affected a relatively small percentage of people.
The blanket statement that “Trump raised taxes on the middle class” is false.
They need to run on this. Put it in every ad, talk about it on every appearance
was it the 117th cure to be funded?
Apparently no one has told Republicans about how many innocent unborn babies get cancer. That seems to motivate them, let’s get some billboards going.
Smells like republican corruption.
So what needs to happen, since we seem to let heads of state address Congress, is to have a mandatory session where cancer patients all come out, addressing their concerns directly.
Since it’s apparently no longer enough to speak at the ballot box, thinking that the person you’re voting for might actually have your good will in mind.Let the patients speak. Show the room their pic lines. Let them explain about how shitty they feel most days and read names of those in their families who have died from the same cancer they’re carrying now.
Let them say directly to those who put bias and politics first how disgusted they are with the men and women who are supposed to be the ones fighting for them. Not against them like it’s some highschool pissing match.It would work if these politicians had empathy, but they don’t. Otherwise, the world wouldn’t become the shithole that it is now and massive efforts would be put towards greenhouse gases reduction.
Thoughts and prayers as they say.
It’ll work like the 9/11 Responder’s Bill (eventually) worked: Representatives got shamed into voting for it. Maybe Jon Stewart can do it again…
But no, it won’t be because they actually give a shit, they will only act when they realize not acting will make it worse.
Republicans have a lot of blood on their hands and we should stop treating them as reasonable adults.
That could be said about every American though.
Where are you from, let’s analyze the horors of your nations past and why you should be ashamed of it even though you had nothing to do with it.
I think the big difference for some countries is their atrocities are in the past while the United States is committing them right now and has been doing so consistently for the last few decades.
But yeah, totally the same.
the stupidity in both of these statements, mine (rhetorical) and OPs is regardless of the atrocities, its not the average person’s fault. To imply that ALL Americans have blood on their hands, and ALL Americans should be ashamed of their nation’s atrocities is just stupid. The average person has no connection to or ability to stop said atrocities. We were just born here man, sins of the father and all that shit.
That’s legit, I see your point and agree.
America. 😎
Doubt
Failing to ruin your life by going first at a revolution with zero coordination is basically the same thing as voting for cancer.
No one likes a tankie
We said that in 1992 and 2000, and 2004, and 2008, and 2020, and
And we’ll say it again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and…
As long as there is a population of ultra wealthy individuals there will always be an asshole party entirely dedicated to those people… :(
And it’s more true than ever.
2012 too, man. Congress shut down the government under Obama because “fuck you, that’s why!”
The secret reason was racism
Yeah. When we fully fund holistic health care, that’s a win. Piecemeal isn’t a solution, and keeps people in desperation.
Yikes
Fuck Republicans, Congress and everything in between
the ‘pro life’ party. asshats
reminds me of when trump disbanded the government’s pandemic response team for no other reason than obama created it. and then covid happened…
… But that was a Bush thing.
“You’ve got to read this,” Fran Townsend remembers the president telling her. “He said, ‘Look, this happens every 100 years. We need a national strategy.’”
Thus was born the nation’s most comprehensive pandemic plan – a playbook that included diagrams for a global early warning system, funding to develop new, rapid vaccine technology, and a robust national stockpile of critical supplies, such as face masks and ventilators, Townsend said.
https://abcnews.go.com/amp/Politics/george-bush-2005-wait-pandemic-late-prepare/story?id=69979013
Like, Regeneron and Moderna were direct US DARPA funding that came out because Bush was certain a new flu pandemic was enroute any day now.
It’s a bit jarring to remember the era when Republicans weren’t purely cartoonishly evil.
oops–editing
Or Bush/Cheney got rid of experts on Al-Qaeda and bin Laden upon taking over the office because of whatever reasons.
Because the Bush family had always been close to the house of said. Of which have Bin Laden was a member. Bin Laden was also trained and armed by his father and Ronald Reagan. Their history goes way back.
Ah, yes, back when “enemy of my enemy is my friend” was used.
A true leopard’s ate my face moment.
“I didn’t think my enemy would attack us when we supported them in attacking our enemies!”
This is not a past tense thing with US foreign policy by any measure.
What do you mean the group we funded to fight off the imperialistic superpower that we were in a Cold War against is now against us and our interference in the region? /s
They smothered NASA too
Trump wants to disband most beneficial government agencies because it’s a win win for him. Fascists need enemies, and his corporate mistresses will benefit from deregulation
Not surprising they’d block it considering the Republican party is cancer.
Harris needs to shout this from the rooftops
Yep, can’t get a better line than: “Republicans voted against curing cancer!”
Sean Hannity: As usual the Demonrats are LYING about how our brave Congress stood up to the elites that were demanding that you give your hard earned tax money to democrat pharma companies! They aren’t looking to cure cancer, they’re LYING!
and every maga moron will believe it.
There is no true reality to be agreed upon when propaganda is allowed to run so rampant. I FULLY believe 1000000% that the BIGGEST problem we have is propaganda. Solve that and we can actually start making progress.
How do you stop propaganda when the first amendment is freedom of speech?
We’ve been trampling over the first amendment for decades. Not saying it’s a good thing, but there’s absolutely precedent.
That’s why we haven’t solved it. I really don’t know what the answer is to be honest.
The closest I can think of is enforcing some regulations about news media. Fox and anyone else should NOT be allowed to have their opinion shows where they lie with impunity on the same network/channel as their actual journalistic programs.
Ask any Magoo what they think of Sean Hannity (opinion host) and then ask them what they thought of Shepard Smith (actual news anchor) they were both on fox and you’ll see the result.
My father: Shepard Smith is too opinionated that’s why I trust Hannity more.
maga morons don’t matter. when will people understand, winning for democrats is not about deprogramming cult members. it’s about winning the undecided and energizing their base so they actually get their ass to the voting machines.
conservatives are and always have been a minority. the reason they keep winning is that they vote. and they do everything in their power to prevent others from voting.
we will always have stupid, hateful, regressive people in our society, and we will always have those that cater to them to make a buck. it’s easier and better to instead try and work around them to advance society anyway. they’ll complain about anything and everything no matter what we do. might as well do good.
I hate that I read this in his voice.
People still voting Republican absolutely don’t give a fuck. Cruelty is the point.
I think they just might, though. There’s a unifying experience with cancer that transcends party lines. Not a single person in this country has not been affected themselves or know someone affected by cancer.
Democrats really need to drive this point home. They need to make this personal for every voter, not partisan. Blatantly say that cancer doesn’t give a fuck if you’re Republican, Democrat, wealthy, or poor. Or can come for anyone, even those that have spent their life trying to live healthily.
What they’ve done it’s akin to an alien invasion movie where instead of defending the planet, Congress decides to do nothing because it might give someone they don’t like a political win. It baffles my mind how inhumane Republicans and the mega wealthy are.
Honestly, if tRump was president and there was a chance to cure cancer for good, I’d be 100% fine giving him that win. I’d send him a personal fucking thank you letter.
Fuck cancer and fuck Republicans!
It’s all part of the
tax dodgersLord’s plan.
Why can’t DEMOCRATS reach across the Aisle to Deliver for the American People?
Because the only things the other side of the aisle wants to deliver are stillborn.
Americans, where the fuck did you stray off the beaten path? I hate this timeline
We fought ourselves over slaves. Think stuff like this has always been in our blood. The world wars just made us look good for a while.
I think this hits the nail right on the head.
For a while now I’ve been pondering this very thing. I can’t prove it conclusively, but I honestly think this goes all the way back.
$0.02: The USA was started as a bunch of colonies, and we’re co-cohabiting with lunatics that think this still is one. Over time, territory expanded westward up to and through the Civil War. This was done by the kind of people that came to a foreign land, saw it was full of people already, and decided to completely upend that whole situation for their own benefit. You know, the whole “screw them, got mine” world outlook. This is also an ethos that is completely compatible (if not required) with owning people (slavery), secession to maintain that ability, spilling blood over it, and continuing to punch down on “people not like us” for a 150 years since losing that fight. In a sense, we’re up against colonists, the values they espoused, their great-great-great-offspring, and people in their community that keep those values alive.
Is this what happens when Germany stays out of trouble for a couple of decades?
We love blaming others, so yea. It’s all your fault.
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And when you FUCKING WON you did the thing I would never do. The South would have been a smoldering pit of cinders in my timeline. I’d have decorated the halls of the white house with the hides of the plantation owners.
You’ve learned nothing in all these years except how to be polite to the scum you beat until they inched their way back on top of you. It’s truly one of the most vile tales in human history.
Ooo, ooo, ooo… Can I have one of those “hides”?
This is why I celebrate the legacy of John Brown. One of the greatest American heroes of all time, considered a terrorist by our government for murdering slave owners freeing their slaves and then arming those slaves to go free more.
John Brown is my hero. We need more of him today.
Arguably all the way back to Nixon, but definitely by Reagan.
Reagan led the charge but there was also folks like Gingrich and Armey doing stuff like the Contract with America (Heritage Foundation endorsed) and pushing to never let the dems have a win, and always oppose whatever they do.
I’m of the opinion that sunshine laws also fucked things up but that’s a whole other discussion.
I’m of the opinion that sunshine laws also fucked things up but that’s a whole other discussion.
I apologize for steering the conversation toward another discussion, but I’m unfamiliar with the Sunshine Laws so I did a quick search:
“Sunshine laws are regulations requiring transparency and disclosure in government or business. Sunshine laws make meetings, records, votes, deliberations, and other official actions available for public observation, participation, and/or inspection. Sunshine laws also require government meetings to be held with sufficient advance notice and at times and places that are convenient and accessible to the public, with exceptions for emergency meetings.” (https://www.investopedia.com/terms/s/sunshinelaws.asp, Sept. 2023)
Again, I’m not familiar but, I’m not seeing a problem with transparency and advance notice to ensure transparency. What particular issues do you have with Sunshine Laws?
This. Reagan in particular just lovedb nothing more than knocking the supports out from under bridges. Fucking old bastard.
I think the JFK assasination pretty clearly shows the MIC/CIA et al has been firmly in control since the 50s.
I’d say when FDR replaced Henry Wallace with the more right-leaning Truman.
Wallace wanted to pass a civil rights bill.
Truman dropped nuclear bombs on 2 civilian cities and was more interested in kick-starting the red scare than expanding upon the programs and policies FDR clearly laid out in his last days on literal record as president with things like a proposed 2nd Bill of Rights.
You can also assign some more blame to FDR for not having the masterminds of the Business Plot hanged.
The stuff passed during Nixon’s presidency was mostly not bad, because he had a progressive congress and knew it was good for his public image if he went along with their stuff (and took credit for their successes), but Nixon realized Southern Strategy, and his presidency perhaps marked the start of descent into incivility and absurdity in politics. He was a piece of shit in every regard imaginable, but he wasn’t an obstructionist afaik.
Reagan is where policy took a SHARP dive, straight into the ground. He was the next step which was allowed by Nixon turning national politics into a rapid-fire shit-spewing competition.
I won’t necessarily speaking on policy, but more-so as a time-frame of when certain lines were crossed.
With Nixon, the Nixon Goes to China moment could be argued was the point in time which ultimately lead to massive off-shoring/out-sourcing that gutted America’s manufacturing industries and set the middle-class on its downward spiral.
Then there was his prolonging of the Vietnam War for his political benefit, at the cost of needless soldiers lives.
Then there’s the whole Watergate fiasco, which directly led to the founding of Fox News.
Calling opening relations with China as a negative is a bad take.
The companies that sold out the skeleton of the USA, by screwing the employees to pay shareholders and executives, are to blame for the current situation.
Was the EPA also a negative move to you?
Nixon, Reagan, HW Bush, W Bush, Trump. Did I miss one?
July 4th 1776
