It has occurred to me that the US was the last industrialized nation to ban slavery, and it took a devastating, bloody war to do that.  (Even though banning slavery was only a side issue.)

It also occurs to me that the US is the last industrialized nation to not have universal health care.

The proponents of slavery and opponents of universal health care use the same reasoning.  The US cannot afford it.

The US has never been able to afford anything, according to these folks.  Can’t afford environmental regulations, can’t afford Social Security, can’t afford worker’s compensation.

There’s never been a war we couldn’t afford, destruction we weren’t willing to fund.  We would even as a nation deal drugs, put drugs on the street, to fund wars.

But if these cretins had their way we would still have slavery, would not have worker’s compensation laws, would not have Union negotiated benefits, would be more polluted than China and health care would be for the very few.

Think about the results of the Conservative agenda.