Question by The Contentious Otter: Given the massive tuberculosis epidemic that’s sweeping through the Bible Belt states, and the Republican?
governors whose resistance to any kind of public health initiative or the passage of Obama-care will ensure maximum opportunity for the epidemic to continue to grow and spread, will Southern Republicans soon come to be known as “TB Republicans”?
http://www.examiner.com/article/tb-outbreak-florida-kept-secret-palm-beach-post-breaks-story

Best answer:

Answer by Rico
They must think it’s all a part of god’s plan.

But then isn’t every Republican policy based on “Every Man For Himself”?

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