The chart below compares the cost of healthcare among a group of modern, industrialized nations. It should be noted that each of these other countries have all residents covered for their healthcare, while the U.S. does not. This next chart compares government healthcare spending per capita in the United States and Canada. Clearly while the United States spends more on healthcare, Canad ...
How far can they fall? This once proud party can no longer effectively govern, their approval poll number is 26%, and they're seen by most of us as election manipulators and cheaters. And worst of all, what they mainly seem to do is whine and complain and portray themselves as "victims" when in fact --- they are the bullies. Tune into any Fox News program, radio talk-shows on the Right, or ...
We can't quite get our heads around the GOP thinking that there's any possible upside for their willingness to throw the country into default on our nation's debt, in exchange for slashing Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid --- all very popular social programs. The leverage that they seem to think they have looks like a losing hand to play. Their miscalculations could be disastrous for ...