COVID Vaccines May Cost $200 for Uninsured People Due to Federal Funding Cuts
truthout.org
The cost of the latest version of the vaccine may no longer be covered for roughly 25 million Americans.
  • some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org
    20·
    3 months ago

    We could afford them easily if we rolled back tax cuts from the 80s forward just like health care, public education, infrastructure, and all the other things government is supposed to provide.

      • givesomefucks@lemmy.worldEnglish
        81·
        3 months ago

        The worst thing about Reagan is he was so shitty modern neoliberalism got shoved down our throats because “what are you gonna do vote Republican?”

        Like imagine if you were one of the only two restaurants in town and the other started exclusively serving turd sandwiches. The quality of food no longer matters for you, but since half the town now swears they love turd sandwiches, eventually you offer a turd and baloney sandwich. Because it’s cheaper than serving more than one thing, and your only competition is plain shit, that’s all you offer.

        But it’s not what the turd eaters want because it’s not all turd, and now everyone in town is forced to eat a little bit of shit or a lot of shit.

        And asking for them to hold the turd for your order just makes them scream at you that you’re a turd lover for some reason.

        Reagan and more importantly the response to Reagan is what started the Overton window moving drastically to the right

        • Zorque@lemmy.worldEnglish
          3·
          3 months ago

          I mean, the reason neoliberalism got shoved down our throats is because people chose something other than voting republican or democrat.

          Sure, we get some real stinkers with little choice, but if people showed up more than once every four years, shit might actually start getting better. That’s the fun thing about voting for local and state elections, they still have a huge impact on national politics, if just because they’re typically the ones controlling voting locations and other means of disenfranchising voters.