God the amount of seething hatred this would get from Fox News for the blatant pandering they would call this makes me want to see it just become a plank of the Democratic Party Platform. In fact, I would love if they framed it like "You get universal care for either: you, or your pets. Make the choice."
And then when both prove insanely popular, just do both anyway.
setting aside that i don't really think you can compare pets, which are living creatures, to cars, which are cars, i definitely agree with you that the government shouldn't be paying for upkeep on your car. instead the government should be paying for the public transit infrastructure that would allow you to ditch your car entirely.
cars and pets are both consumer goods that you choose to purchase, with the knowledge that they will cost money for maintenance and upkeep after the initial purchase.
Yes, the government should fund robust public transit, but thats not what your blog was about. You were advocating for the govenment to subsidize private purchases for a portion of of our population, which is kinda gross man.
since a large majority of americans own pets and a large majority of those people consider their pets to be part of their families — 85 percent of dog owners and 76 percent of cat owners, in one study: https://phys.org/news/2021-07-sociologist-pet-parents-pets-family.html — i think your view that they are akin to cars or consumer goods is a minority view. given that reality, saying that healthcare for all should include them, or even that we should take steps to make sure that caring for them doesn't make people go bankrupt, doesn't strike me as particularly outlandish. rather, it strikes me as another way to make our society more humane for everyone.
something that is popular is not always "good" or "right", a writer on a leftist blog should know that more than anyone.
please stop with the pets as part of your family. When you say that, what you are doing is equating me, a human being, with a dog or rodent, which is REALLY fucking insulting.
God the amount of seething hatred this would get from Fox News for the blatant pandering they would call this makes me want to see it just become a plank of the Democratic Party Platform. In fact, I would love if they framed it like "You get universal care for either: you, or your pets. Make the choice."
And then when both prove insanely popular, just do both anyway.
im sorry this is insane. this is like saying the govenment should pay maintenance and repairs on my private auto.
setting aside that i don't really think you can compare pets, which are living creatures, to cars, which are cars, i definitely agree with you that the government shouldn't be paying for upkeep on your car. instead the government should be paying for the public transit infrastructure that would allow you to ditch your car entirely.
cars and pets are both consumer goods that you choose to purchase, with the knowledge that they will cost money for maintenance and upkeep after the initial purchase.
Yes, the government should fund robust public transit, but thats not what your blog was about. You were advocating for the govenment to subsidize private purchases for a portion of of our population, which is kinda gross man.
since a large majority of americans own pets and a large majority of those people consider their pets to be part of their families — 85 percent of dog owners and 76 percent of cat owners, in one study: https://phys.org/news/2021-07-sociologist-pet-parents-pets-family.html — i think your view that they are akin to cars or consumer goods is a minority view. given that reality, saying that healthcare for all should include them, or even that we should take steps to make sure that caring for them doesn't make people go bankrupt, doesn't strike me as particularly outlandish. rather, it strikes me as another way to make our society more humane for everyone.
something that is popular is not always "good" or "right", a writer on a leftist blog should know that more than anyone.
please stop with the pets as part of your family. When you say that, what you are doing is equating me, a human being, with a dog or rodent, which is REALLY fucking insulting.
The pro pet candidate will win a 50-state sweep.