If Democrats Ran Red States Fewer People Would Die

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- Daily Kos, by Thom Hartmann, Nov. 24, 2023. Ed.

Something terrible and deadly is happening here in the US, and House Speaker Mike Johnson just announced that he wants to double down on it. More on that in a moment. If you were born and live in Japan, you can expect to live to 85 years old. For South Korea average lifespan is 83, as are Norway, Switzerland, Iceland, Israel, and Australia. It’s 82 for Italy, Spain, Ireland, France, Finland, and New Zealand. Cuba (!) and Panama are 79; Uruguay and Croatia are 78.

A total of 61 countries have average lifespans of 78 years or older, ranging from Singapore’s 84 to Estonia’s 78.

And then there’s the United States. Our average lifespan comes in at a paltry 77 years, along with Iran, Tunisia, and Morocco. And it’s entirely because of Republican policies. That’s the main conclusion of a new study published in PLOS One, one of the world’s leading publications of peer-reviewed science across a wide variety of fields.

The report, rigorously scientific, was funded by the National Institute on Aging (NIA), a division of the United States’ National Institutes of Health (NIH). They concluded that if, in 2019, “liberals” (Democrats) had run all the Red states, then 171,030 fewer Americans would have died that year. On the other hand, if “conservatives” (Republicans) had succeeded in imposing their healthcare, tax, labor, and gun policies on the Blue states, there would have been an additional 217,635 dead Americans.

This follows the Brookings Institution study published two years ago that concluded Republican anti-mask and pro-snake-oil (hydroxychloroquine, ivermectin, etc.) policies unnecessarily killed 400,000 Americans during the first year of the pandemic...
- Read More,
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2023/11/24/2195335/-If-Democrats-Ran-Red-States-Fewer-People-Would-Die
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- Also: The red state 'brain drain' is well underway -- here's why,
https://www.democraticunderground.com/100218478003

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1. I've mentioned before in prior DU postings that I wasn't too terribly concerned about repugs

winning over our Democratic candidates, being that (1) the Democrats are living longer and (2) members of the GOP are passing away in faster numbers that the Democrats, like the article says, a net of plus +400,000 a year for Democrats.

So, on top of the numbers that Joe Biden won in 2020, 7+ million votes, we can add roughly 4 times 400,000 or 1.6 million more to the Democratic tallies. And, on top of this, and I haven't seen any numbers out on this particular facet of the voter base, is how many republicans are leaving the republican party (temporarily or permanently) so they don't have to vote for tRUMP? I suspect from as many stories that I've heard, that this number is not small, or put in other words, percentages that may make a difference?

Gruesome to be sure in discussing such a topic, when in reality, what should be talked about are the issues, pro and con, on the everyday topics that our politicians should discuss. But the other side, the GOP, has already decided that we 'liberals' can't be dealt with, can't be talked w/, and all other sorts name-calling and worse. It's like a bunch of spoiled 6-year-olds in the school yard, who can't behave. That's the GOP we're dealing w/.

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2. This is so true