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BelichicksBurner t1_je16giq wrote

Reply to comment by AMC4x4 in What’s this symbol? Seen on cmc hospital in a more discreet area by notababyimatumor

Lot of bad decisions over the years lead to this. Bad decisions they continue to make. GOP has already come out as opposed to the previously announced agreement for raises for state workers and they seem far more interested in engaging in culture wars than fixing actual issues.

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Iamtheonewhobawks t1_je1uk4x wrote

For many issues, the GOP doesn't just have no plan to fix them; they see them as ideological successes. Employees are supposed to be disposable. Things like healthcare are supposed to be dramatically different for the rich and poor.

Spending money and time making and maintaining a functional system for anyone but the rich is antithetical to the fundamentals of conservatism. Material wealth is directly correlated with human worth to the GOP. The hospital that makes the most money, the argument goes, must therefore be the best hospital. If people aren't recieving adequate care then it's either because they're undeserving OR it's that healthcare quite literally cannot be improved further. They're wrong, of course, but when has simply being wrong ever mattered in politics?

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AMC4x4 t1_je16qr6 wrote

>far more interested in engaging in culture wars than fixing actual issues.

That's been their "bad decision" playbook pretty much since I was born, if not before. I thought at some point people would be sick of it. The House (edit: locally and nationally, it seems) is an utter clown show right now and the only ones paying attention to its complete and utter dysfunction are those who are smart enough to already know what a joke it is.

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