Mastodawn

A lot can happen in 57 years.

In 1969 the corrupt President Nixon was president, the U.S. could not afford universal healthcare but did find the money to go to the moon while waging a war in Vietnam.

In 2026 the corrupt President Trump is president, the U.S. still cannot afford universal healthcare but does find the money to go to the moon while waging a war in Iran.

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Anders Puck Nielsen 1d ago

@randahl In fairness, Nixon actually did wind down the Apollo programs, because he couldn't afford both the Vietnam war and the moon landings. So there has been progress, in that now they can maybe afford both. :-) Universal healthcare is still a long way off, though.

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Leander Lindahl 🇪🇺

@anderspuck @randahl isn't the affording part rather about them no longer having any concern about their deficit? It increased from 2 to 3 trillion or something only the last fiscal year. (I have too look up the actual numbers, but it was a fantasy sized increase of an already astronomical figure that no longer has a relationship to the real world – a trillion more or less doesn't matter seems to be the attitude)