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It Took A Pandemic (Original Post)
kpete
Mar 2020
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Moostache
(9,895 posts)1. GOP and POTUS still don't believe that...THAT is our tragedy.
The inaction of the feds is entirely due to ideology and vanity of an imbecile. We are in existential danger and our current Nero is in mid-fiddle...
Laelth
(32,017 posts)2. Let us hope this lesson was learned. I have my doubts. n/t
-Laelth
NRaleighLiberal
(60,006 posts)3. we are not there yet. well, Dems are, repubs never will be
Kaiserguy
(740 posts)4. 60% of us already knew that
as for the other 40% I don't think they have learned that fact yet, and may never learn it.
House of Roberts
(5,162 posts)5. Just don't use the word 'community'
because the root of that is communism!
irisblue
(32,928 posts)6. Most of us here are not libertarians. We knew
PatSeg
(47,260 posts)7. Nailed it!
Mr. Ected
(9,670 posts)8. Ergo, we need diplomats and politicians in office, NOT business types
When the fundamental equation as to whether a policy is proper or not hinges on economics alone, we are scrooched as a society.
Wounded Bear
(58,598 posts)9. I'm not sure enough people realize this yet...
area51
(11,896 posts)10. The rest of the world might have learned,
but the US still doesn't agree with this. We still have no right to healthcare in this country.
delisen
(6,042 posts)11. Great Post !)
iluvtennis
(19,833 posts)12. K n R. nt
Fuck all neo-liberals