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Re: High Cost of Colorado

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Post by Blackstrat » Tue, Nov 14, 2023, 9:07 PM UTC

rho138 wrote: post #13

Blackstrat wrote: post #7

Earlier quoted context omitted.

No left wing? The US has essentially become socialist.

> No left wing? The US has essentially become socialist. We’re really drowning in socialism right now with our private healthcare that’s tied to a workplace only if the employee works >32 hours per week.

And where should insurance come from?

Re: High Cost of Colorado

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Post by softjobs » Wed, Nov 15, 2023, 4:19 AM UTC

Blackstrat wrote: post #21

rho138 wrote: post #13

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> No left wing? The US has essentially become socialist. We’re really drowning in socialism right now with our private healthcare that’s tied to a workplace only if the employee works >32 hours per week.

And where should insurance come from?

Ah, the assumption we always need some rent-seeking middleman.

Re: High Cost of Colorado

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Post by xkekjrktllss » Wed, Nov 15, 2023, 7:34 PM UTC

BetaDeltaAlpha wrote: post #10

Blackstrat wrote: post #7

Earlier quoted context omitted.

No left wing? The US has essentially become socialist.

The parent commenter probably meant: There's no Marxian left wing composed of serious people in the US.

That and the so-called "left" that we do have is opportunist performance; liberals washing each others' bloody hands in moralism and running out of ways to fool working people.