Is your state one of the twenty five states who have refused to expand Medicaid? Are you supporting this decision? When I watch Ted Cruz's page there are a lot of uninformed people supporting him. They seem to think that if you are poor and don't have the money to pay for care, you shouldn't receive it. They use buzz words like socialism and communism, without knowing what these words mean. What they don't understand is that we the people will be paying for their care in the emergency room, sooner or later. Not only could the care come too late to save lives, it may come too late to help the patients live productive lives. That means we pay huge costs for emergency room care, then Medicaid will have to continue providing care for someone who can no longer work and pay taxes. It is a lose, lose situation.
But, oh well, at least you won't have socialism. I take it, you right wing thinkers want to get rid of all socialism. Yes? Well lets start with the sports stadiums that are built with taxpayer money all over this country. First these team owners can afford to build their own stadiums, yet they expect the taxpayers to fund them. Republican and Democratic communities have been building them for years. The leaders tell the communities that they will all benefit from building the stadiums even if they can never afford to attend a game. Oops, that is socialism. No more stadiums. Thanks to MSNBC's "The Last Word" television program for reminding me of this.
Most hospitals are at least partly supported and built with taxpayer dollars. When tax dollars are paid to support farmers, it is suppose to benefit us all in keeping food prices reasonable. That is socialism. Schools, roads, waterways, lakes, dams, parks, zoos, museums, airports, bus stations, railroad stations, medical research and ports usually receive help, if not their total support from tax payers, and are socialistic. What are you willing to give up? If you are going to buy the right wing dogma that all socialism is bad, I guess all of them.
One more thought, you Republicans love the might of the military, and are always ready to spend taxpayer dollars directly to the military industrial complex. Did you know the military is the biggest socialistic organization we have? Think about it. No socialism, no military.
If you are going to promote the right wing propaganda, you should at least understand what you are promoting, and how it affects this country. Too many of you spout talking points without understanding the consequences.
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