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The US president does not need flying royal barges ... at least not until we have universal health care, free education (at least through 2 year community college), and affordable housing.
https://luxurylaunches.com/celebrities/usaf-asking-for-more-funding-04…

The US authorities are asking for hundreds of millions in additional funding not to convert the $300 million luxury 747 jet gifted by Qatar but to rescue Boeing's hopelessly delayed Air Force One program from slipping even further behind schedule - Luxurylaunches

Interesante artículo de Molly Kinder en #Substack sobre "los reemplazados por la IA"
Algo que me sorprende, y muy #marxista por mi parte, es que diga que, si ponemos ingreso bšsico universal, la gente no querría trabajar como limpiador, policía o enfermero
Es esto así? A mi, por ejemplo, m…

Lessons from the first state in the nation to offer universal child care
https://hechingerreport.org/lessons-from-nations-first-universal-child-care-program/

Harry S. Truman was the first U.S. president to formally propose a comprehensive, national universal health insurance plan
In 1945 he proposed a single, federally run system for all Americans.
While Truman is the most prominent historical advocate, Presidents Richard Nixon and Theodore Roosevelt also supported different forms of universal healthcare coverage. 

69 years ago, a president pitches his idea for national health care
Back in 1945 -- a mere seven months into a presidency he inherited from Franklin D. Roosevelt -- Truman proposed a “universal” national health insurance program. In his remarks to Congress, he declared, “Millions of our citizens do not now have a full measure of opportunity to achieve and enjoy good health. Millions do not now have protection or security against the economic effects of sickness. The time has arrived for action to help them attain that opportunity and that protection.”

Private member's bills rarely if ever turn into law, but I am proud that my MP is bringing this forward. We need to take the stigma out of Mental Health and drug addictions treatment and this is one way to help.
"The bill, The Mental Health Parity Act, proposes that mental health, addictions, and substance use services into Canada’s universal, public health care system. It would introduce framework for the federal government to partner with provinces and territories to provide public coverage, and is modelled after the Canada Health Act. It will also include provisions to promote public accountability to reduce regional disparities in coverage.”
#CanPoli #CdnPoli #HealthCare #health #MP