by Scott Creighton
During a hearing in the senate a few days ago, Bernie Sanders exposed RFK Jr. as the heartless neoliberal he really is.
When asked if healthcare should be considered a human right in America like it is in almost every single nation on the planet, RFK Jr. dusted off the old neoliberal talking point that smokers cost their neighbors money therefore it should not.
That's right folks. You can't have universal healthcare because something less than 11% of our population smokes a cigarette every day or every other day.
'In 2022, approximately 11.6% of U.S. adults reported currently smoking cigarettes. This means that roughly 1 in 9 adults in the United States smokes. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimates that 28.8 million adults currently smoke cigarettes, according to the CDC.
Current cigarette smoking was defined as smoking ≥100 cigarettes during a lifetime and now smoking cigarettes either every day or some days.' source
The 11.6% number was from 2022 so since the number of smokers decreases every year it's clear that number is lower now in 2025.
Dirty smokers. Yes, insurance companies want smokers demonized at every chance. Seems RFK Jr. is glad to oblige them.
However, his argument is deeply flawed not just because of the low numbers of occational smokers in America but also because it is based on a profit driven healthcare model. With universal healthcare, no one pays extra because a dirty smoker gets a check-up. That only happens in the insurance industry model since they want to maintain profit margins and they jack up rates on everyone to cover the cost of cough syrup.
It should be noted that RFK Jr. was a junkie for 15 years by his own admission, using heroin and cocaine (speed balls intravenously) and now takes TRT for his own vanity. Who paids more for all that?
RFK Jr. then goes on to say Americans prefer the for profit insurance model over anything else which is a bold faced lie.
Veterans by a MASSIVE majority prefer their VA-backed healthcare over insurance companies. It's not even close.
People on Medicare and Medicaid report more satisfaction with their level of care than any of the people having to use any insurance companies. That's a fact.
Then he says that President Trump is trying to figure out a way to make sure EVERYONE in America is insured. What does that mean?
Mandating folks to BUY useless insurance from Big Business.
Bernie then brings up the reconciliation bill in the House pointing out that it cuts Medicaid and the Affordable Healthcare Act by 715 billion dollars which will eliminate care for some 13 million people while raising copays and deductibles for millions of others.
To that, RFK Jr. says its not cuts but instead... waste, abuse and fraud.
Ah the old Project 2025/Curtis Yarvin line.
Apparently healthcare for the 13 million working poor Americans is considered waste by RFK Jr.
When confronted by the fact that the same bill also includes 235 billion dollars in tax breaks for the top 0.2% of America, RFK Jr. babbles on about overtime and tips not being taxed or some shit. But he can't bring himself to admit just how cruel and lopsided the Republican reconciliation bill is.
This is what RFK Jr. is and what he has always been. A selfish, spoiled handmaiden to the establishment. Yes he pretended to be on our side for a while, just long enough to gain a lot of attention which he parlayed into a cushy Big Gubmint job where he now serves the interests of the very same people and companies he once pretended to rail against.
He's scrubbed most of the good information regarding Covid 19 and mRNA 'vaccines' from his website.
He also did a Zionist apology tour with Rabbi Schmoly when he was caught making an off color statement about Jews and the Rona.
"The way we should tackle Global Warming (tm) is to unleash the FREE MARKETS"
Yes, he said that as well.
Yep. RFK Jr. is a neoliberal and neocon (based on his love for everything IDF) and fits right in with the rest of the rich people in TrumpyBear's cabinet.
And clearly he is just as much of an advocate for the Russ Vought/Project 2025/Project Esther agendas as all the rest of Donnie's fascist friends.
His father and uncle would disown him if they could.
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