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It's always very inspiring to see what we spent our money on instead of health care.
Just inspiring.
We already had the tanks to use. They aren't getting used otherewise. While our military budget is ridiculous, if there were ever a great reason to spend it, supporting an ally to help knock down a world power such as Russia for significantly cheaper than we ever could on our own would be it. We don't even have any American troops dying in this war.
We need healthcare, yes. But what we gain by helping Ukraine is not insignificant. Also it is the right thing to do, so more points there.
I'm also going to point out that we (US) spend more per person on healthcare than most other countries. There doesn't need to be a cut to the military to give everyone healthcare, since universal healthcare would probably cost less money
Oh I know, but why make a point on my terms when you can make a point with theirs? You can't deflect as easily when you are hit head on.
We are finally going back to putting into practice FDR's vision of being the Arsenal of Democracy.
As long as nobody tries to attack us again, we might just even stay out of the war permanently. I like the idea of helping prevent the takeover of a country by a bunch of other countries with a finger wiggle while saying "ah ah ah, not today!"
Yep. As crappy as a policy it was, Manifest Destiny really helped keep the US secure. I personally think we can afford Healthcare and Arms production, but being a country that helps other countries fight to preserve their autonomy feels pretty good.
Better than spending 20 years in Iraq and Afghanistan to just end up with everything back to how it was before.
The US pays more per patient for healthcare than countries with social healthcare.
Socialised healthcare would actually save money and allow the US to buy more tanks.
Do you prefer Lockheed Socialism or Social Lockheedism?
I just call them Death Panels
Lmfaooooo
This is an ignorant take.
I don't know why you'd say that.
I always feel better about the fact that our people can't afford to have an injury or illness treated without going into debt, provided I get to see a line of really cool tanks heading off to fight another country's war.
I said it because we can have both. Not that, you know, maybe we shouldn't have such a large military budget... But universal healthcare would actually cost less than our current privatized healthcare. It's efficient. So it is not the cost that's stopping it from happening.
Canada has universal health care. Their military budget is 26 billion a year.
Better things are possible, at least they would be if we weren't such warmongers.