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

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.

  • @[email protected]
    9•2 months ago

    It would work if these politicians had empathy, but they don’t. Otherwise, the world wouldn’t become the shithole that it is now and massive efforts would be put towards greenhouse gases reduction.

    Thoughts and prayers as they say.

    • @[email protected]
      2•2 months ago

      It’ll work like the 9/11 Responder’s Bill (eventually) worked: Representatives got shamed into voting for it. Maybe Jon Stewart can do it again…

      But no, it won’t be because they actually give a shit, they will only act when they realize not acting will make it worse.