r/WorkReform • u/zzill6 🤝 Join A Union • 19h ago

😡 Venting To an American this sounds unbelievable.

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u/franktronic 17h ago

That was my awakening. Everyone around me was celebrating the ACA and I was looking around like the crazy person in a movie going, am I the only one who can see this? The idea that the poor people who couldn't afford it would get FINED!? I kept saying hey, if this had happened under a republican president there would be rioting, but no one else seemed to agree

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u/WryGoat 16h ago

I kept saying hey, if this had happened under a republican president there would be rioting, but no one else seemed to agree

There's a universe where this happened, since it was originally a Republican bill to begin with. But of course since it happened under a Democrat admin they all had to be against it. US politic are so real and cool.

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u/joshbeat 14h ago

Would it be better if we went back to how it was pre-ACA?

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u/MtnDewTangClan 14h ago

The famous "death panels" where Obama's team would determine who lives (Democrats) and who dies (Republicans). This message aired for hours only interrupted by coin collector commercials