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pat_k

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10. And our electeds need to make universal health care front and center.

Reply to edhopper (Original post)

Fri Mar 20, 2026, 02:19 PM

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Screw the notion that they need to keep their traps shut about universal health care because passage is currently out of reach.

How the hell do they think political will for an action is built?? By shutting up about it as and just sort of hoping political will builds itself???

It is long past time for our electeds to LEAD. Stop with the asinine polling to formulate some mealy-mouthed agenda that inspires NO ONE; but is "safe" because it doesn't stretch our collective imagination or expand the realm of the possible.

Something I wrote back in 2018 is just as true today.

https://www.greatergoodusa.com/issues/universal-health-care/

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Pronouncements from the Catholic Church are only News [View all] edhopper Friday OP

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Back when I Delphinus Friday #14

Pretty sure that the majority of the pukes in congress either niyad Friday #18

Yes, i agree with Pope Leo, rustbeltvoice Friday #2

Who else did stories on it? Reuters, The Independent, The Irish Examiner, HuffPost, BuzzFeed (which highplainsdem Friday #3

Yet edhopper Friday #4

There's no doubt the media is biased and controlled by oligarchs. highplainsdem Friday #5

Faux Noise doesn't like the American Pope FakeNoose Friday #6

They hate all branches of Christianity. They worship at the alter of Christian Nationalism, pat_k Friday #11

Pope Leo mirrors all of our good, just thinking. ananda Friday #7

Or how about when they're actually translated into policy? nt SouthBayDem Friday #8

Wonder what all of those Opus Dei scrotus members and other "Catholic" pukes not fooled Friday #9

And our electeds need to make universal health care front and center. pat_k Friday #10

Provide high end health care and education, then I'll buy into the bootstraps argument. mjvpi Friday #12

I'm with Pope Bob on universal health care. Hassler Friday #13

When the Pope speaks the 4 billion or so Carholics leftyladyfrommo Friday #15

Actually is 1 + billion. About an 8th of the world's population. leftyladyfrommo Friday #16

This is true of many issues. The billionaires control the media now. Martin68 Friday #17