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Like you I also hope to see bailouts, but the biggest bailouts happen because industries that receive them have an army of experienced lobbyists.

Hospitals for better or worse have negligible presence with lobbyists and won't receive the windfalls that fossil fuel, airlines, airline manufacturers, and cruise lines will.




I am the last person who thinks the government will choose the people over the lobbyists. But something as obvious as your local hospital closing can’t go ignored by politicians.

You notice that now Trump is talking about expanding Medicare, increasing unemployment benefits, and reopening ACA enrollment and you don’t hear a peep from conservatives talking about socialism.

It’s true, the definition of socialism is when the government is helping “them” - not you.




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