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dixiegrrrrl

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16. This is a joke,right?

Reply to IrishBubbaLiberal (Original post)

Tue Jul 8, 2025, 02:53 PM

Jul 8

RIGHT..??

We have a friend with Stage 4 cancer who is getting treatment only because he has Medicaid to pay for it.
Down here in the rural South, Medicaid is the only health insurance available to unemployed black families. The Fed.Gov.pays 60% or more of Medicaid costs, states cover the rest.
Because historically decent jobs were denied to black families,the need for Medicaid is high.

Racism created the jobs problem and now racism is trying to destroy the thin lifeline of medical services for the poor.
The push to close rural hospitals, who depend on Medicaid, is part of the attack on the poor.

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Trump Regime: We are deporting all farm workers, and making people on Medicaid work in fields instead [View all] IrishBubbaLiberal Jul 8 OP

Guess what angry Medicaid workers can do to our food supply nt Jit423 Jul 8 #1

I'm more interested in what they can do to Trump & the GOP. CaptainTruth Jul 8 #11

they will BECOME the food supply! Layzeebeaver Jul 8 #20

Brooke Rollins' job, just like everyone else who works in the Trump Misadministration, is to say cruel and stupid sop Jul 8 #2

Truly insane. ananda Jul 8 #3

Isn't all food "farm food"? Unless you're eating Soylent Green. Ray Bruns Jul 8 #21

The evil is exploding... GiqueCee Jul 8 #4

The assholes believe (and repeat on 'socials') everything they spew. Justice matters. Jul 8 #34

And yet, they are allowed... GiqueCee Jul 8 #43

Slavery by any other name malaise Jul 8 #5

One million percent right, Mal. FalloutShelter Jul 8 #14

Evil malaise Jul 8 #23

It will not work because nobody will show up. Justice matters. Jul 8 #38

That's slavery--outlawed since 1865 scarletlib Jul 8 #6

And slavery is what those who helped write P2025 are pushing out loud now... haele Jul 8 #46

Is she promising to "release the Kraken" if anybody refuses her orders? Ping Tung Jul 8 #7

Never changes Blue Full Moon Jul 8 #8

As usual Sarah Cooper nails it malaise Jul 8 #29

Out of the nursing homes and into the fields Farmer-Rick Jul 8 #9

Just tell the old folks it is an outdoor exercise class. Irish_Dem Jul 8 #31

Just when I think he can't become more evil Grim Chieftain Jul 8 #10

Looks like nobody shows up to end his crime spree. Justice matters. Jul 8 #42

Yes. Work sets you free - or in the original language: "Arbeit macht frei" dalton99a Jul 8 #12

Mustache needs to be on that. dixiegrrrrl Jul 8 #35

This message was self-deleted by its author dixiegrrrrl Jul 8 #41

Golly whiz... GiqueCee Jul 8 #47

Someone needs to project horns on his head and fire mixed with shit coming out of his mouth.nt Trueblue Texan Jul 8 #49

When this fails . . . They will blame Biden Johonny Jul 8 #13

Brooke Rollins does not know a single person on Medicaid. MineralMan Jul 8 #15

This is a joke,right? dixiegrrrrl Jul 8 #16

A "strategic" way? Gimpyknee Jul 8 #17

She's just pulling that 34 million figure out of her ass. Wiz Imp Jul 8 #18

Thank you for providing the data. yardwork Jul 8 #33

4 mill is probably an upper limit Strelnikov_ Jul 8 #36

Wouldn't they also need to live near the crops? Iris Jul 8 #48

I'd say "Let's start with Republicans," but I don't want any of those slimy assholes touching my food. NBachers Jul 8 #19

Aren't we out of malevolent sociopaths yet? Where are they all coming from? Duncan Grant Jul 8 #22

Now Now..this might be a good thing chouchou Jul 8 #24

Soylent Green is becoming real IronLionZion Jul 8 #25

Trump Regime has some living and learning republianmushroom Jul 8 #26

Can anyone please explain to me how in the world this could possibly be enforced? Katinfl Jul 8 #27

Trump's agriculture head expects '34M able-bodied on Medicaid' to do farm work LetMyPeopleVote Jul 8 #28

Sounds like slavery. Beck23 Jul 8 #30

34 million able bodied workers on Medicaid Diamond_Dog Jul 8 #32

This " person " was confirmed in the senate 72-28 questionseverything Jul 8 #37

To be "managed" by moondust Jul 8 #39

All political movements that have forced people into agricultural labor have ended well Prairie Gates Jul 8 #40

I'm speechless! -eom vanessa_ca Jul 8 #44

Guess they don't know/remember what happened when we tried that in 1965 dixiegrrrrl Jul 8 #45

They think someone just strolls into a Medicaid office and says, "Medicaid plz" tanyev Jul 8 #50

And when/if they do get approved, Pinback Jul 8 #54

I'm going in the denim overalls business. Every gramps picker will need 2 pair. /nt bucolic_frolic Jul 8 #51

Death sentence for many Americans in their fifties wolfie001 Jul 8 #52

Unless you grew up on a farm, you have no idea what farm work is like NickB79 Jul 8 #53

Maddow Blog-Agriculture secretary suggests Medicaid recipients can replace immigrants as farmworkers LetMyPeopleVote Jul 9 #55