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. 🧵
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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.

May 23, 2023 · 8:33 AM UTC

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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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Replying to @marwilliamson
One of the ways we can "pay" for it is by stopping the flood of millions of illegals that pour into our health care system for "free" medical care. Why don't you talk about that.
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