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Trump, Biden, and the Case for National Healthcare
from #194 - We're Going Home | The Tim Dillon Show · #194
4 min
Tim criticizes both Trump's handling of the pandemic and Biden as a candidate, argues he never trusted any politician, and makes a case for something like Bernie Sanders-style national healthcare given surprise medical bills during a pandemic.
- Tim dismisses Biden as a bad candidate but argues Trump's demeanor during the pandemic is inappropriate, citing his bragging about press conference ratings while doctors and nurses die.
- National healthcare seems necessary given the pandemic, and the current system producing $30,000 ventilator bills is clearly not working.
- Tim warns against dismissing Bernie Sanders supporters as Marxists while acknowledging the absurdity of some online left-wing rhetoric about landlords.
- Millions of uninsured laid-off workers won't seek medical care out of fear of debt, guaranteeing disease spread during a pandemic.
- Rich people historically understood that excessive wealth inequality leads to violence and instability, a lesson they've apparently forgotten.
- A laid-off worker hospitalized for three months faces a $30,000 bill and a $1,200 government check—the math of a system destined to fail.
- Tim tells armed listeners fantasizing about violent upheaval that they'll be too drunk to find their weapons when the time comes.
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