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When, and why, was the OAP and NHS, to name two, brought in -- and why have they proven (relatively) unassailable?

We're almost two centuries into the industrial age -- perhaps actually out of it. When during that period has this approac ever worked? Why would it suddenly start working now?

Libertarians aren't known for their support for a safety net.

Can't withdraw from what you never joined, can you? Pure symbolism - which is what Trump does. It's all he does...

Attention! There is no 'left' in America. There's nothing remotely like the Foot/Benn era Labour Party, never mind to the left of that. Whatever occupies that space in the US -- and it isn't the Democratic Party -- can have their annual party conference in a phone box.

Billy Bob don't care. Billy Bob went to the polls saying "He hates the same people I hate. Hand me the goddamn ballot." That's how nuanced and sophisticated it was.