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Compassionate Discourse (lemmy.world)

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[–] Adderbox76@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 year ago

I just use an analogy and tell them that at the end of the day, what I believe boils down to this:

If $100 of my taxes is going towards healthcare, then I want $100 used ON my healthcare. I don't want that $100 given to a company that is then profit-motivated to spend $20 and pocket the rest.