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róisín_dubh

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9. The same will happen in the UK

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Wed Jun 18, 2025, 11:59 PM

Jun 18

Because of policies started by the Conservatives but continued by Labour.
I’m hopeful there will be assisted dying by the time I’m old so I can just work and then off myself. I’ll have no money to retire anyway. Then I won’t have to worry about the ethnic background of my carers.
What a dystopian nightmare we’ve allowed to foment across much of the West.

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The immigrants caring for the nation's elderly are losing their jobs [View all] BumRushDaShow Jun 18 OP

Time for another Amnesty program. Immigrant Path to Citizenship delisen Jun 18 #1

Our local nursing home depends on a 3 immigrants--2 are certified nursing aides and riversedge Jun 19 #10

Thee immigrants are worth fighting for. They are us. delisen Jun 19 #11

It's been 20 years, but I used to pray for immigrant staff when my FIL was in nursing home dying. They really cared Silent Type Jun 18 #2

And this is just the tip of the iceberg? ananda Jun 18 #3

You're right, of course, about SS and Medicare... slightlv Jun 18 #4

True. And loss of Medicaid affects everyone. ananda Jun 18 #6

And I think that's the point. slightlv Jun 18 #7

MAGA didn't think this through. North Coast Lawyer Jun 18 #5

Yippers... I think my mom had this in the back of her mind slightlv Jun 18 #8

The same will happen in the UK róisín_dubh Jun 18 #9

The conservatives also block assisted suicide. travelingthrulife Jun 19 #12

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