US goverment seeks to rehire recently fired nuclear workers

Re:US goverment seeks to rehire recently fired nuclear workers by amluto on Sunday February 16, 2025 @02:55PM (#43071089)

> Finally, a HUGE majority of the costs of the federal government are social security, Medicare, Medicaid, and defense spending. I doubt even the biggest libertarian on here could advocate cutting any those with a straight face

I think plenty of people would like to cut Medicare and Medicaid spending, not by reducing service, but by cleaning up the unbelievably broken medical system in the US.

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Re:US goverment seeks to rehire recently fired nuclear workers by ericfr11 on Sunday February 16, 2025 @05:31PM (#43072409)

The issue is not with Medicaid: it's with the Big Pharma, their lobbies, and the corruption they generate. For-profit companies can't be in control as something as critical and universal like human health.

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