It’s starting already
“LINCOLN, Neb. (KLKN) — A clinic in southwest Nebraska announced Wednesday that it is closing due to financial challenges, including anticipated Medicaid cuts.
“McCook-based Community Hospital said it is shutting down its clinic in Curtis, a town of about 900 people.
“The Curtis Medical Center has been in operation for more than 30 years.”
But it’s OK. Trump got his bill and billionaires get their tax cuts.
Nebraska clinic closes, anticipating Medicaid cuts
“McCook-based Community Hospital said it is shutting down its clinic in Curtis, a town of about 900 people.
“The Curtis Medical Center has been in operation for more than 30 years.”
But it’s OK. Trump got his bill and billionaires get their tax cuts.
Nebraska clinic closes, anticipating Medicaid cuts

My mother was notified several days ago, nursing home is closing
My hands are full with a disabled spouse, barely getting by at that
I don’t know what to do, she’s a MAGAt so I’m not sure I should
She’s got no place to go, and my MAGAt brothers are AWoL …
Excuse my lack of political correctness:
To all the rural dumba$$ sh!t shovelers that voted for tRump who will lose access to healthcare… FAFO.
To all the people of color who flocked to tRump that will be told there are now plenty of jobs working for your master in the fields because of mass deportations… FAFO.
To all the young people that went for tRump enjoy paying your student loans with a low paying manufacturing job… FAFO.
@Mark,
Excuse my lack of political correctness:
All the rural dumba$$ sh!t shovelers that didn’t vote for tRump who will lose access to healthcare… they’ll be collateral damage.
All the people of color who didn’t vote for tRump and will be told there are now plenty of jobs working for your master in the fields because of mass deportations… they’ll be collateral damage.
All the young people that voted against tRump and won’t even get student loans… they’ll be collateral damage.
That seems like a steep price to satisfy your schadenfreude.
Joel, I get your point and I guess Ten Bears is probably one of them. I would suggest that the people who did not vote for Trump but voted are about one third of the voting population. Folks who did vote for Trump are another third. Finally there is the third of the population who could not be bothered to vote because it does make any difference. I think Mark would say FAFO to them too and I agree. At the end of the day 2/3rds of the country chose or was fine with cruelty, hate, and incompetence and will reap what they have sown. I do not like it and I do not like my country very much right now, but I am too old and have too many ties to this country to leave— my wife remains a Canadian citizen, so that part would be easy— and just have to hope that enough of those 2/3rds will do some soul searching before 2026 and 2028. Trump would not be a problem if the GOP was not entirely comprised of sycophantic cowards.
You are mistaken ~ wrong. Voted, blogged, campaigned for Kamala Harris
You want to step outside? You have insulted me …
Ten Bears, I was agreeing with Joel that you are in the collateral damage group–so am I and all my family, but I am both disappointed and angry with the 2/3rds of my fellow citizens who supported Trump or did not bother to vote. Say what you will about the problems with the Democrats and their communication skills, the bottom line is that 2/3rds of this country was fine with a cruel, despotic, incompetent and senile man as president, who lies about everything and anything, and is the most corrupt elected official in this country’s history. And every one of those voters and non voters knew this because he had previously been president when his lies and incompetence cost 1.2 million Americans their lives. I am morally convinced that he is also a Russian agent whether willingly or by reason of the compromat that Putin has on him, so I do get a small measure of satisfaction from FAFO, but never intended to include you in that group and I apologize for not being clear in my post.
Terry, your numbers are spot on. According to census.gov, about 65.3% of eligible voters turned out. Trump got just under 50% of the vote so almost 33%.
Murkowski said it was a bad bill but voted for it anyway. I have to give her credit for one thing. I always thought Republicans would sell out their country for their party. It was nice to hear one actually admit it.
Not following well at least two of the “FAFO” points raised. Workers – of any color – are going to take ag jobs only if they are better opportunities than they otherwise see. Deportations would seem most likely to improve compensation in the ag sector, but nobody is obliged to work in this sector. Similarly with students; the value of a debt-financed education isn’t impacted by the number of manufacturing jobs out there. If your educational attainment and experience are worth $120k/year, you won’t likely take a $60k/year factory job. You can if you want to, but such a choice seems unaffected by who is President or the partisan makeup of Congress. Healthcare makes better sense as far as potentialFAFO.
Ten Bears, I think you misread Terry’s comment. I think he said you are part of the collateral damage, not the responsible group.
Eric, don’t confuse micro economics with macroeconomics. What anyone can accomplish is not necessarily what everyone can accomplish. And my comment on people of color was not meant to be exclusive to that group.
Joel, I agree that there is a distribution of accomplishment, but the original comment, at least to me, indicated a thought that voting for Trump would create 3 “FAFO” situations. I think 2 of the 3 make no sense, to be blunt. Healthcare might.
Well Eric, some stats:
unemployment for recent college graduates has ticked up over the last few months.
unemployment for blacks has ticked up over the last few months.
It is estimated that 1 in 5 young men are not working.
There are currently almost 400k unfilled manufacturing jobs.
Undocumented immigrants make up about 40% of food production workers.
Able bodied people will be cut off from government assistance unless they perform some form of work. So when you look at the statistics, what conclusion do you come to?