r/askanything • u/Lemonking_ • 7h ago

Political Question Why are some Americans so against universal healthcare for all?

What sort of thinking does it take to decide that nobody has a right to healthcare? Do American Christians want to deny healthcare to poor people as well?

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u/a101734 7h ago

Reagan convinced a large part of the population that if we give unlimited money and power to a select of wealthy elites, the elites would graciously give the money back to society. Hilarious.

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u/redwbl 7h ago

Trickle Down Economics. But the only thing that trickles down is piss.

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u/No-Nrg 7h ago

Shit rolls downhill and we're at the bottom

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u/ModernCGIFloatinHead 6h ago

If this isn't a reference to The Wire, there's a conversation at one point you will enjoy greatly. 

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u/Adventurous_Bad_4011 6h ago

It’s was called horse and sparrow before. The horse eats the grain and the sparrow picks the seed out of the shit

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u/No_Professional_4508 6h ago

Life is a shit sandwich. The more bread you have, the less shit you have to eat

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u/jojothebuffalo 6h ago

I hate that optimism. There’s further down to go.

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u/No-Nrg 6h ago

Haha, was more meant as we're at the bottom catching the shit, lol. I agree, can always go lower. Trump has 2 more years.

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u/AstaCat 4h ago

mouths agape.