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Funds for Medicare for All already exist

dimanche 20 octobre 2019 à 02:00

Proposing to fund the government expenditures for Medicare for All by cutting the military budget.

I think this proposal confusingly connects two good ideas.

We should adopt Medicare for All, also known as a universal national medical system, but we should reject the idea that this is an increase in expenses. If we get rid of the parasitic profitmaking medical system, this will save people in the US a large fraction of what they now spend on medical care and insurance. So it doesn't need to be "paid for"; what it needs is to rechannel part of the current spending.

We should cut the arms budget, because many of the arms being purchased are wasteful, or even dangerous to peace. But that is independent of how we reform medical care.

Xi-ple threaten Hong Kong students in UK

dimanche 20 octobre 2019 à 02:00

Hong Kong students in the UK are holding rallies in support of Hong Kong's freedom, but they face systematic attacks by Chinese students.

Those Xi-ple are not learning anything important from their stay in Britain.

Pakistan blocks Steven Butler

dimanche 20 octobre 2019 à 02:00

Steven Butler of the Committee to Protect Journalists had a visa to visit Pakistan, but when he arrived at passport control his visa was specially cancelled, and Pakistan somehow sent him back to the US under a kind of arrest.

Using war to whip up nationalism

dimanche 20 octobre 2019 à 02:00

Erdoğan has used war against the Kurds as an occasion to whip up Turkish nationalism and prosecute opponents.

Maybe this is why the conman supports Erdoğan.

Chicago teachers' strike

dimanche 20 octobre 2019 à 02:00

The Chicago Teachers' Strike Shows How to Go on Offense Against Neoliberalism.