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CreativeMischief t1_ister7g wrote

Reply to comment by pegothejerk in Microsoft confirms job cuts after calling for growth to slow by ShoestringTherapy

> And yet we tie healthcare and wages necessary for minimal survival on systems built to fail large numbers of people.

Which is what the gutted version of the ACA provided us, a bandaid fix with barely any glue. It's so sad how far to the right the US has gone. Obamacare, wasn't a new idea, Nixon talked about the same ideas in regards to healthcare. https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/special-message-the-congress-proposing-national-health-strategy

It's so insane how far back in time reactionaries have brought us and they will take us further.

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pegothejerk t1_istki9b wrote

Crimes aside, Nixon would be considered liberal compared to today's centrist and moderate dems

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CreativeMischief t1_istlfmw wrote

100%. Look at the UK as well, Boris Johnson, right wing enough to be compared to Donald Trump still ran on expanding healthcare for its citizens. He would be called a socialist by Fox News in America.

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The_Yarichin_Bitch t1_isu4j44 wrote

I always love hearing "I'm a centrist!" because 9/10, they're just waiting for the dem candidate to say one thing they sorta dislike and they immediately start shouting slurs and right-wing propaganda... it's tiring.

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pegothejerk t1_istqaqq wrote

I more referring to things like his admin adopting the Clean Air Act, forming the Environment Protection Agency, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, and proposing more regulation during any presidency since the New Deal. Zero republicans would do those things now, and that sits him squarely as one of the most liberal presidents in modern times, though yes, he certainly was a solid conservative in many other manners, especially race and class relations. And sheer number of crimes.

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Northern-Canadian t1_isvbudb wrote

Note that obama care only was able to exist after the republicans kneecapped it thoroughly.

It would truly be an amazing thing for the USA had it not been gutted.

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CreativeMischief t1_iswcfzf wrote

Yeah I agree, but it was still a step in the right direction I think. A lot of companies got around it by only hiring part time employees as well. That wasn’t the reason it was gutted though, the plan was seen as radical and too progressive and that was my point. Even neoliberal polices in this country are slandered by the right as socialist

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