Tag: health care
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T.S. Swanky: “Darwin was Right About Health Care” [Satire]
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By T.S. Swanky, The Pacific’s imaginary, confused conservative When liberals say they value scientific theories like evolution and “global warming,” what they mean is that they like liberal science, the kind that makes them feel good about hating religion, industry and America. But what about conservative science, you know, all the research that confirms that corporations, President […]
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“War is the Health of the State”–But Not People
How’s this for a grand generalization? The United States is not great at providing health care and really good at waging war. And by “good” I do not mean effectively. We wage war a lot because we can afford to and very few Americans ever personally feel its considerable terrible effects. And we don’t do health care very effectively […]
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The New Wisconsin Idea: Heal Thyself
When asked what the federal government should do to resolve the current government shutdown, Wisconsin’s Gov. Scott Walker suggested that the feds should act more like Wisconsin and other states: “I think not just in Wisconsin but in states across the country there’s a lot of governors and lawmakers in both parties who wish the […]
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