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djstevefog t1_jcyg8p4 wrote

If Biden wants to promote better mental health he can promote a healthcare system that would ensure all Americans had access to said services, not host a bunch of actors at the WH.

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Grisward t1_jcyota0 wrote

Biden should just not let the GOP stop every piece of legislation they want to stop. /s

Where have you been? In NC our state still hasn’t expanded Medicare, even though it would clearly save the state and its citizens much money. There is no logic to it.

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assjackal t1_jcyypkl wrote

But then how could good and bad paying jobs alike hold their employees health hostage? /s

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Grisward t1_jcz8dtx wrote

Yeah I hear you, and hear the sarcasm.

Just to add to your thought, I originally didn’t think employers really wanted to hold their employees health hostage.

That’s clearly untrue in plenty of cases (due respect to people who have this lived experience). If people could retain quality healthcare even moving to a new position, employers would have to do other things to influence them to stay. It doesn’t affect all companies, but a fair percentage.

I guess I didn’t understand why state legislators would care enough. I thought more people were employees than employers, and maybe that’s just not true in the majority of highly rural counties in NC. Lots of small businesses, where even the employees want low employer costs so their positions (underpaid as they are) still exist. Low pay is still better than no pay.

All that said, this is why it’s a decision to be made at a high level and not low level. High level sees value overall, and can (and tries to) provide extra funding where it is most needed.

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LordFauntloroy t1_jcz94bb wrote

Most people don’t vote and most that do vote either alongside their friends or alongside the angry man on the TV/radio. They’re minimally informed or misinformed and won’t seek out positions of throes they help elect. It’s a huge issue in any democracy but especially bad in the US. I’m guilty as well.

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TheArtOfEyewink t1_jczbdtp wrote

"Biden should just not let the GOP stop every piece of legislation they want to stop."

Exactly how does that work?

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briaen t1_jczm2zw wrote

Republicans vote against everything so democrats can’t do anything they promised since they don’t have a majority. When they did have a majority one democrat, for no reason at all, started voting with republicans. Weird how that works and nothing can ever get done.

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TheArtOfEyewink t1_jczos99 wrote

News flash. It isn't just Republicans doing it. Democrats vote down everything Republican where I live - I see it every day. This is the sad fact when it comes to two leading parties. It's always a pissing match between the two instead of shooting for bipartisan efforts that positively affect the people they serve.

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RobotPidgeon t1_jczwb3g wrote

"Why won't the Dems just compromise with the people trying to roll back protections for the environment and vulnerable people??"

Have you considered that it's not quite equal?

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TheArtOfEyewink t1_jczxnne wrote

Equal? What does that mean? What on this fucked up planet is equal? And when I posted, I'm saying that I literally see it every day. This has nothing to do with the people. It has to do with "you lend me support for my fucked up bill and maybe I'll entertain yours when it hits this side of the capitol building".

I'm not republican or democrat. I'm saying that it's fucked up on both sides and when it comes to "business" it's never "equal". Every vote has an agenda behind it.

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CurseofLono88 t1_jd05ug9 wrote

Fuck the both sides are the same bullshit.

Do you have someone in your life that you care about who is a woman? Lgbtq? A POC? Maybe you have a kid or niece or nephew you don’t want working in a deregulated factory at the age of 14? Maybe you have family who has been negatively effected by business deregulations leading health issues? Has your community or a community of one of your loved ones been damaged because of a school shooting? Maybe you know an immigrant family that’s been torn apart? Are you or someone you care about a veteran? Do you want access to legal marijuana? A higher minimum wage? Higher taxes on the ultra rich?

If any of these things apply to you, remember republicans are consistently voting against you and your loved ones and they WANT to push the message that Democrats are just as bad as them so you don’t vote, your only real power as a citizen, so you get crushed and fucked by the system. Then you start spreading the “both sides are equally as bad” message because you feel hopeless and helpless.

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TheArtOfEyewink t1_jd06v6o wrote

I just said I’m not Republican or Democrat. I’m speaking about the tactics that politicians use to do business. I also never said I don’t vote. Stop putting words in my mouth and making the assumption that I’m some sort of Republican that you have to talk down off the ledge. Jesus.

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Grisward t1_jd0r4bq wrote

But seriously, we’re none of those issues important to you? They covered a pretty wide range of topics.

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briaen t1_jczwdm9 wrote

That was the point. I’ll get hammered for it but neither side really wants to fix the wedge issues because what scare tactics would they run on? When one party has the majority they find some heel to vote against it. Republicans did the same with “repeal and replace”.

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TheArtOfEyewink t1_jczxwbg wrote

We are in agreement.

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briaen t1_jd2iyac wrote

Yup. The simpleton ideologues misunderstood my first comment and upvoted it. 😂

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Grisward t1_jd0rv6j wrote

To be clear, the “/s” means the statement is sarcasm.

Obviously Biden can’t prevent Republicans from stopping legislation. Recently their main tactic is to filibuster any Senate bill. The rules of the Senate are weird, they decide during each session, and none of their rules are specifically described in the Constitution. So it’s odd that some bills can pass with simple majority, others require 60 or more votes in favor, and some only require a minority to filibuster. I don’t really get it.

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TheBeTalls t1_jcz0z3k wrote

You mean by signing this healthcare? law https://www.healthcaredive.com/news/biden-signs-inflation-reduction-act-aca-subsidies-payers-hospitals/629865/

Also, he’s the president, not a wizard. He can’t snap his fingers and make republicans magically stop obstructing.

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djstevefog t1_jcz3q40 wrote

Medicare 4 All would cover everyone but Biden has gone on record saying he'd veto such legislation.

I don't want to hear republican roadblock excuses. Dems held the WH Assembly and Senate for 2 years.

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Dredmart t1_jczm2l5 wrote

>I don't want to hear republican roadblock excuses. Dems held the WH Assembly and Senate for 2 years.

With a slim majority and two democrats that obstructed everything. You really don't know what you're talking about.

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lovdagame t1_jcz64a2 wrote

Tell us you have a surface level understanding on hiw the US gov. Works without ACTUALLY just saying it^

INSERT > I did this meme here

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djstevefog t1_jcz69jo wrote

I've probably worked on more campaigns than you have but please enlighten me.

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doglywolf t1_jczfwsj wrote

Or a health care system that flag people with mental issue and helps them. He would be a prime candidate to come clean with that himself .

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EMdesigns t1_jczp1lb wrote

Part of that is convincing people to actually understand and use it, which this show does. It presents mental health as something everyone deals with, that isn't scary. I assume that mental health care support has been blocked by members of the government. Getting citizens to understand the need for such services, and to contact their government officials can change that.
Government officials won't support it if they think that won't help them stay in office. Awareness always helps, even if only a little bit.

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djstevefog t1_jd4oj4a wrote

Joe Biden doesn't support the human right to healthcare so it's great for him to convince me to get help that I cannot afford!

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adeiinr t1_jcys9dl wrote

He could also help us from impending doom while ruining the environment with the willow project. Many mental health issues I'm dealing with are related to bad administration choices.

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FindTheRemnant t1_jcywo51 wrote

If your mental health is totally dependent on the policies of the US govt, then you've set yourself up for trouble. Externalizing the sources of your discontent with issues that you have zero power over is a losing strategy for mental health.

I encourage you to cut back on your time spent on these subjects, and refocus on things nearer to you. Friends, family, your neighbors.

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Lazar_Taxon t1_jczatgz wrote

The sources of people's discontent are largely external: they're the material and social conditions in which they live. Workers' productivity has gone up but they can no longer afford to buy a home or raise a family, while market logic eats away at the fabric of human connection and friendship, and people aren't supposed to feel bad about it? Imagine telling a Victorian child laborer not to "externalize" her discontent to the fact that she's working 12 hours every day in a factory, since she has zero power over it.

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miniaturizedatom t1_jd050xe wrote

Minimising the degree to which our mental health is impacted by the systems of oppression that structure out society is not wholesome, and invalidating someone else’s struggles when you know nothing of their life is like, Bad Mental Health Practice 101. You’re simply trotting out self-reliance/individualist rhetoric dressed up as mental health advice.

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Simply_Epic t1_jcyk1vk wrote

If Biden wanted to promote better mental health, his entire party would ensure that transgender people cannot be denied access to recommended healthcare on the basis of their age or gender identity.

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muhaski t1_jcz051g wrote

He did. It was part of the afordable health care act and Trump removed it. Biden put it back and added additional protections.

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