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Congress voted against funding a cure for cancer just to block a win for Biden

www.usatoday.com Congress voted against funding a cure for cancer just to block a win for Biden

The Moonshot program was the largest, organized effort by the U.S. government to find cancer cures. Congress voted it down.

Congress voted against funding a cure for cancer just to block a win for Biden

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.

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  • There are many cancers. And many cancers already have cure. And many don't.

    with an ever-growing debt

    Let's be real here: American debt is so big, that it holds entire world economy hostage.

    • it's not american debt, but american loot and interference in other economies which holds the world hostage. No one would care for american debt if all countries were trading in their own currencies. Except, maybe, some if the americans themselves.

      • It is "if you owe bank trillion, it's bank's problem" on country scale.

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