Our friends on the far right think it’s bad if things are “free,” except when it comes to “free stuff” like multi-billion subsidies to companies already making billions of dollars in profit. 🧵
May 23, 2023 · 8:33 AM UTC
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“If they give it to the poor, they call it a handout; if they give it to the rich, they call it a subsidy.” - Martin Luther King Jr.
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“Free” health care, tuition, child care, paid family leave etc. simply means paid for by your own taxes dollars!
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The purpose of tax revenue should be to promote the common good, not simply create and maintain an exclusive casino where only a few hold all the cards.
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How can we “afford” free universal health care, for example?
We pay for it now; we just pay for it with our lives.
Tens of thousands in America die each year from lack of health care.
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We have the most expensive health care system in the world, providing the worst results for the most amount of people.
#MedicareForAll
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