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The big issue in that mid-term election was the push for universal healthcare and the Republican sweep of Congress killed it. Every generation except for the
by bryanlarsen 2y ago
The big issue in that mid-term election was the push for universal healthcare and the Republican sweep of Congress killed it. Every generation except for the Greatest Generation voted Republican.
- leereeves 2y agoAnd when the Democrats finally won a trifecta (in part on that issue) in 2008, they let an insurance lobbyist write the new law and only made the problem worse, proving that they aren't actually on the side of universal government provided healthcare. And Americans still can't afford health care.
- bryanlarsen 2y agoOne more thing that Boomers screwed up in America. The Greatest Generation wrote those laws in most other countries, and did a much better job.