This is not a sign of a country on the ascent. Rather, it suggests a state in decline and addicted to war, two traits that often go together.

The working and middle classes will bear the brunt of the trade-offs of the $1 trillion budget itself. To offset the cost of historic levels of military spending, social programs were cut, leaving most Americans worse off.

The buybacks and dividends further enrich wealthy shareholders and represent lost wages for arms industry employees. This is part of the reason why, despite surging Pentagon budgets, arms industry salaries are declining — executive pay being the exception.

Military spending’s redistribution of wealth produces few winners and many losers. Winners include the top 1%, who own 50% of stocks and mutual funds, compared to the bottom 50%, who own just 1%.

Not because it wouldn’t work…

…but because it would.
A system that prioritizes health over billing would destroy dozens of billion-dollar revenue streams.

America doesn’t resist universal healthcare because it’s socialist.

America resists universal healthcare because it’s less profitable.

The real players:

private insurers
pharmaceutical giants
hospital conglomerates
private equity in emergency rooms
employer-based plans
medical billing corporations
administrative middlemen
lobbyists
donors
political action committees
These groups do not want a universal public core.

1) a $4.5 trillion revenue machine
2) protected by the most powerful lobbies on Earth
3) extracting money from sick people while telling them it’s freedom

complexity grows
confusion reigns
patients feel powerless
providers feel overworked
workers stay tied to employment for benefits

What we call “the U.S. healthcare system” is actually:

They haven't shortened your commute or prepared young people for the future where Al might take their job."

"What they have not devoted energy to," he said, "is helping you. They haven't lowered housing costs or made groceries more affordable. They haven't improved our schools.
They haven't made healthcare more accessible.

They never miss a chance to scapegoat minorities and DEl for every problem under the sun. You got a flat tire? DEl. Wife mad at you? DEI."

Obama didn't stop there. He mocked Trump ruthlessly.
"They've devoted enormous energy to entrenching themselves in power, punishing their enemies, enriching their friends, and silencing their critics. They've put on a big show of deporting people and targeting transgender folks.

And if you don't get an invitation to the next White House shindig, you can always watch the festivities and all the beautiful people on True Social."

That's when Obama delivered the punchline that brought the crowd to its feet: "So Virginia, here's the good news. If you can't visit a doctor, don't worry, he will save you a dance.