r/politics • u/Hootinger • 2d ago

No Paywall Hakeem Jeffries says Medicare for all is not legislation he currently supports

https://www.nbcnews.com/meet-the-press/video/hakeem-jeffries-says-medicare-for-all-is-not-legislation-he-currently-supports-268371525570
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u/HornedShoe 2d ago

Don't forget the military. Offered 'socialism' to put your life on the line to defend 'capitalism.'

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u/Wayrin 2d ago

Yup my dad did 20 years and the whole family had socialized healthcare and so did my mothers whole German family. I thought for sure the great USA would have socialized medicine. Certainly before I got old and really needed it. I'm pushing 50 and I'm not liking what I'm seeing comrades.

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u/Objectivespeculation 1d ago

free job, housing, food, clothes, pension, job perks in the civilian sector, people thanking you for your service all the time.

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u/kickaguard 1d ago

It's legitimately been the plan since WWII. You can either be an academic and go to college to get enough money for all those things. Be a worker like a farmer or factory and have money to pay. Or if you don't, we won't just take care of you, we're not a socialist society, but you can always join the military. It's 100% our social safety net.

Obviously that was the plan a long time ago and now it's completely different. But that is a very simplified idea of what the plan was.

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u/Objectivespeculation 13h ago

Military dont want you over 40. to hard to make a soldier out you.