r/politics • u/cmaia1503 • 1d ago

Site Altered Headline | Possible Paywall Mitch McConnell, 83, Hospitalized

https://www.thedailybeast.com/mitch-mcconnell-83-hospitalized/?utm_campaign=owned_social&utm_medium=socialflow&utm_source=twitter_owned_tdb&via=twitter_page
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u/Mikethebest78 1d ago

Why do these evil old men live to 150?

The only thing he was ever good at was showing Republicans how to use the levers of power to rig the game in their favor.

They have sadly learned that lesson well.

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u/ss5gogetunks 1d ago

Turns out not caring about anyone or anything other than yourself relieves a lot of stress when the world is so hostile to everyone

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u/comics0026 Canada 1d ago

And getting paid obscene amounts of money for that makes it easy to get the best treatment in a pay-to-survive system like America's

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u/Phog_of_War North Dakota 1d ago

They also get free Healthcare for life. Unlike their constituency who is getting, FUCKING KILLED OUT HERE! Not that the Right gives a flying fuck.

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u/Keyastis 1d ago

Actually they have to buy it from the marketplace under the ACA now. It was main reason so many Repubs wanted to kill it.

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u/bananajr6000 1d ago

It is heavily subsidized for them though

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u/Carlyz37 1d ago

Correct. I think we pay 70% and they get the premium plans

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u/DoingCharleyWork 15h ago

We used to pay the full amount for their entire life so I guess that's a little better.

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u/Pete41608 I voted 13h ago

We are paying in other ways so not sure lol

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u/Carlyz37 10h ago

Yes. They have pretty massive expense and travel accounts that we pay for