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.

  • 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… :(