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[-] WatDabney@sopuli.xyz 66 points 2 days ago

If they want to keep the government open, all they have to do is to agree not to take healthcare away from millions of poor Americans.

Yet they refuse.

[-] unmagical@lemmy.ml 20 points 2 days ago

Providing healthcare is unfortunately not encompassed in "feeding, fueling, and clothing." ๐Ÿ˜ž

[-] Maeve@kbin.earth 13 points 2 days ago

Neither is ballroom construction but apparently it's ongoing.

[-] SeductiveTortoise@piefed.social 10 points 2 days ago

It's a bare necessity for the unwashed masses. They yearn for their emperor to live in posh luxury.

[-] WatDabney@sopuli.xyz 1 points 1 day ago

Well, y'know, except insofar as not providing it leads to death, which makes those other things irrelevant.

But other than that...

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