The Moonshot program was the largest, organized effort by the U.S. government to find cancer cures. Congress voted it down.

Even though this would be a win for all Americans – and humanity – it apparently did not outweigh the politics of making a Democrat look good. This is the definition of party over country.

I’m a doctor.So is my mother. When she got cancer, I realized how little that mattered.

Republicans have stated budget cuts need to be made with an ever-growing debt. But where was this attitude when tax cuts for the wealthy were on the table in 2017? They don’t have to look at patients in the eye and break the devastating news that they have cancer. They don’t have to treat cancers that block intestines or drown a patient’s lungs in fluid.

  • @[email protected]
    257•5 months ago

    Republicans have a lot of blood on their hands and we should stop treating them as reasonable adults.

    • OptionalOP
      128•5 months ago

      We said that in 1992 and 2000, and 2004, and 2008, and 2020, and

      • El Barto
        58•5 months ago

        2012 too, man. Congress shut down the government under Obama because “fuck you, that’s why!”

      • @[email protected]
        18•5 months ago

        And we’ll say it again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and…

        As long as there is a population of ultra wealthy individuals there will always be an asshole party entirely dedicated to those people… :(

      • BigFigEnglish
        26•5 months ago

        Where are you from, let’s analyze the horors of your nations past and why you should be ashamed of it even though you had nothing to do with it.

        • @[email protected]
          10•5 months ago

          I think the big difference for some countries is their atrocities are in the past while the United States is committing them right now and has been doing so consistently for the last few decades.

          But yeah, totally the same.

          • BigFigEnglish
            20•5 months ago

            the stupidity in both of these statements, mine (rhetorical) and OPs is regardless of the atrocities, its not the average person’s fault. To imply that ALL Americans have blood on their hands, and ALL Americans should be ashamed of their nation’s atrocities is just stupid. The average person has no connection to or ability to stop said atrocities. We were just born here man, sins of the father and all that shit.

      • @[email protected]English
        3•5 months ago

        Failing to ruin your life by going first at a revolution with zero coordination is basically the same thing as voting for cancer.