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Sanders Rips Lawmakers Saying 'We Don't Have the Money' While Backing $900 Billion for Military (www.commondreams.org)

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"I think it's time to tell the military-industrial complex they cannot get everything they want," said Sen. Bernie Sanders. "It's time to pay attention to the needs of working families."

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[–] pineapplelover@lemm.ee 12 points 1 week ago (1 children)

THE ISSUE IS NOT GIVING MORE MONEY TO HEALTHCARE.

Healthcare is our largest expense. The issue is the money going there, which can easily fund universal healthcare, doesn't go towards helping people, it goes towards a select number of people.

[–] AbsoluteChicagoDog@lemm.ee 8 points 1 week ago (1 children)

If my taxes went up $1000 a month I would still be saving money with universal healthcare

[–] pineapplelover@lemm.ee 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)

The point is it doesn't need to. We could easily fund it

[–] AbsoluteChicagoDog@lemm.ee 5 points 1 week ago

Right. But either way it's an invalid argument. We don't need to raise taxes, but even if we did it's still worth it.