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Among the many vectors of attack against Medicare for All my personal favorite was the "but think of all the insurance jobs we'd lose if we put the insurance industry out of business."
Which as they come was memorable because A) it was so cynical and brazen and B) it contained them fully admitting a public option would bankrupt them, which is 100% unvarnished truth from a nest of vipers. Nice!
Anyways back to the idea that giving people healthcare is actually immoral because it takes a job out of the mouth of the working American.
Just imagine. Imagine for a minute. Imagine if we indulged these batshit conservative ghouls for a month. Imagine if everyone took "personal responsibility" and dialed back our consumer spending on anything unhealthy.
This country makes unhealthy shit like its real goal is to manufacture bad health outcomes. It's brazen. If we boycotted bad shit there'd be nothing to buy! So boo hoo and sorry for all the workers at Nestlé or Con Agra or whatever if such an event comes to pass. Whole industries would heave and collapse like mountain ranges. Rip, bozos.