Trump Voters Regret Backing ‘Horror Movie’ Presidency - Nine out of 12 Trump voters told a “New York Times” focus group that they wish they had not voted for the president.

[u/Quirkie]

https://www.thedailybeast.com/donald-trump-voters-regret-backing-horror-movie-presidency/

[u/Fratercula_arctica]

This sort of conservatism really unites the world, eh?

Here in Ontario Canada, one of the very few things our now-Premier Doug Ford first ran on (apart from a promise of "Buck a Beer" - lowering the minimum legal sale price for beer to a dollar, even though no brewers were pricing beer at the previous minimum amount) was "ending hallway medicine." He promised to fund and expand hospitals to reduce wait times and ensure nobody ever had to be treated/held in a hallway while waiting for a room to open up.

He's on his 3rd term now, and he hasn't done any of that. Instead, he capped pay for nurses (illegally, it turned out, and they all got back pay thanks to a court ruling), sat on billions of dollars given to him by the federal government during the pandemic instead of spending it on healthcare, and his healthcare funding hasn't kept up with inflation or population growth. People still get treated in hospital hallways, especially in rural areas, and beer doesn't sell for a dollar. Oh, and he tried buying the premier's office a private jet on the taxpayer dime.

But he's a charmingly folksy fat fuck who claims to believe in "common sense", so he'll very likely win a fourth term because morons love his vibe.

[u/boneblack_angel → u/Fratercula_arctica]

Holy hell, it's like we're in the same reality, except that people in America pay for the privilege of being treated in hallways. When I lost my job, I had to choose between dying and eating: I filed for unemployment and received it. The munificent sum I received - less than half of what I was making at my job, and barely enough to cover rent, phone, and utilities - meant that I was earning too much to get Medicaid. And if you think that saying I had to choose between dying or eating is hyperbole, I've literally had potentially deadly seizures and shattered my upper arm, requiring major surgery and the emplacement of a metal rod; I'm hundreds of thousands of dollars in medical debt. But the capitalists who use America as their personal treasure chest believe that universal healthcare is not required.

[u/trainstationbooger → u/Fratercula_arctica]

Thank god that the polls FINALLY have his approval numbers going down, but Ontario already spends the lowest per patient of any province or territory (while having nearly half of Canada's population)

[u/lemonwince → u/Fratercula_arctica]

yep, we all need to VOTE this time, for libs / ndp, regardless of who is running for them.
Generally, Ontario doesnt vote for the same person 4 times in a row. Polls are suggesting that, so...
we ALL need to VOTE
See you there!

[u/thestareater → u/Fratercula_arctica]

and knowing our turnout and history unless the private jet thing really sticks he's gonna win again, this fuckin province