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45. Good post.

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These two things have devastated our culture and we have descended into madness. [View all] fightforfreedom Jun 2022 OP

The correct answer to Election 2000 was "Count the votes" /nt bucolic_frolic Jun 2022 #1

Yes, you are right! raging moderate Jun 2022 #2

That was a tragic painful turning point to the election of Gore. peacebuzzard Jun 2022 #29

Nader's candidacy, Bush clinging to Gore's platform to name two bucolic_frolic Jun 2022 #32

you nailed it. peacebuzzard Jun 2022 #33

One thing I still wonder about that election is Disaffected Jun 2022 #62

good question. peacebuzzard Jun 2022 #63

A mess indeed. Disaffected Jun 2022 #65

The day democracy died crud Jun 2022 #51

The US never had free healthcare, 100% coverage. No clue what you are referring to. Celerity Jun 2022 #3

Maybe he's referring to the fact that some people who belonged to strong unions raccoon Jun 2022 #4

Union members used to get coverage with no co-pays or deductibles SouthernDem4ever Jun 2022 #26

I think the writer was referring to employer paid health sinkingfeeling Jun 2022 #5

But that was only people who wnylib Jun 2022 #10

You mean like BCBS's self-insurance...worked for us in the 70s! Backseat Driver Jun 2022 #69

Haven't the vaguest idea who or what BCBS is or was. wnylib Jun 2022 #71

Blue Cross Blue Shield n/t Backseat Driver Jun 2022 #72

I'd like to see evidence of this being the case across the board (not just in a minority of cases, Celerity Jun 2022 #14

Okay, I based that on my personal experience. I began sinkingfeeling Jun 2022 #18

Just so I understand fully, you are saying that you, personally, had healthcare for decades, via Celerity Jun 2022 #28

Yes, when I started with IBM, I paid zero for healthcare sinkingfeeling Jun 2022 #60

Well you were indeed on of the lucky ones, 100 million plus did not have such incredible plans, so Celerity Jun 2022 #61

My family is self employed. MontanaMama Jun 2022 #49

My goodness, your monthly healthcare bill is more than all my bills combined. fightforfreedom Jun 2022 #54

It's really hard. That's all I can say. MontanaMama Jun 2022 #58

Congress could do something simple that would help many Americans. fightforfreedom Jun 2022 #64

I was not saying all jobs offered free healthcare. I should have been more clear. fightforfreedom Jun 2022 #23

You lived in a Northern state, didn't you? Nt raccoon Jun 2022 #38

Yes. fightforfreedom Jun 2022 #44

I have had employer paid health insurance most of the time since 1978. Ms. Toad Jun 2022 #73

We've certainly never had and lost free health care. argyl Jun 2022 #8

Back when I had my first plan outside of being covered under my folks... Hugin Jun 2022 #13

Many employee plans started to have high deductibles, from the 1950's onwards. See this: Celerity Jun 2022 #17

Yeah, there has always been crap insurance out there. Hugin Jun 2022 #22

The grand total for this coverage was... Hugin Jun 2022 #19

When I started working I had jobs with free healthcare. it came with the job. fightforfreedom Jun 2022 #16

In the high tech world Casady1 Jun 2022 #24

OK, so let's nitpick every statement, but that's not helpful. llmart Jun 2022 #57

What? Novara Jun 2022 #6

Most of the companies Casady1 Jun 2022 #25

Company provided. You didn't lose your house if you got a major illness. Joinfortmill Jun 2022 #41

Good post. fightforfreedom Jun 2022 #45

Ah, the good old days Novara Jun 2022 #47

Yeah, I lived thru all that, too. Joinfortmill Jun 2022 #50

I agree. And I don't know how long a people can keep plodding along in this sort of system Novara Jun 2022 #55

👍 Joinfortmill Jun 2022 #59

Also an extraordinary, relentless GOP psy-ops campaign. Irish_Dem Jun 2022 #7

Foreign and domestic oligarchs, rubbersole Jun 2022 #15

Yes of course. Foreign leaders/oligarchs funding corrupt US politicians. Irish_Dem Jun 2022 #27

Sometimes I wonder why the earth doesn't shrug humans off the planet. It may yet. Joinfortmill Jun 2022 #36

Agreed! So much of the hate and rage in our society is rooted in economic stress Amishman Jun 2022 #9

What you post is correct. The Jungle 1 Jun 2022 #11

Thank you, you get it. fightforfreedom Jun 2022 #20

Ronnie Rayguns.... wolfie001 Jun 2022 #12

Amen Dentbla Jun 2022 #21

I worked in the steel industry for 40 years. We saw our jobs being sent to China doc03 Jun 2022 #30

In many ways we have kicked our own asses. fightforfreedom Jun 2022 #46

President Biden said we would back Taiwan militarily. doc03 Jun 2022 #66

I remember reading about the how the steel workers were f*d over Skittles Jun 2022 #77

We got hit in the late 70s from the recession then Reagan doc03 Jun 2022 #78

I was very young but I absolutely detested Reagan Skittles Jun 2022 #79

True and we have one shot left to fix it. VOTE Joinfortmill Jun 2022 #31

I agree with you. newdayneeded Jun 2022 #34

These things are connected to racism and this country never JI7 Jun 2022 #35

+1 betsuni Jun 2022 #39

One more thing to complete your trilogy: removal of the Fairness Doctrine. intheflow Jun 2022 #37

Very certainly a large part in this mess that Raygun began. Ferrets are Cool Jun 2022 #42

Good point. fightforfreedom Jun 2022 #48

Thinking the same thing! luvallpeeps Jun 2022 #67

"Only the people can fix this mess Ferrets are Cool Jun 2022 #40

There is the "we" who did it, and the "We" who refuse to be dragged down into their madness. ancianita Jun 2022 #43

The country has not, and will not, ever kairos12 Jun 2022 #52

Thank you for this post crud Jun 2022 #53

The mess is beyond fixing Blecht Jun 2022 #56

Agree. moondust Jun 2022 #68

The Drug War is one root cause. gulliver Jun 2022 #70

K&R Blue Owl Jun 2022 #74

it absolutely sickened me how many voters fell for Reagan's con Skittles Jun 2022 #75

Vast wealth accumulation for a privileged few, death, debt and destruction for everyone else. czarjak Jun 2022 #76