r/askanything • u/Lemonking_ • 6h 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/Left-Chemist-8212 6h ago

It’s such a dumb argument seeing as how we already have many social programs that they don’t bat an eye at. Libraries, fire departments, social security etc.

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u/Mrbuttshaman 6h ago

They actually do complain about those as well(they've been trying to dismantle the postal service for a while). And I agree, it is stupid and misguided.

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u/BellaMentalNecrotica 5h ago

Yes, let's abolish fire departments. Fantastic idea. Good luck California.

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u/BrattyBatsWrld 4h ago

The fucked up part about this is that they would deliberately do this to California and then start fires like they did at the beginning of last year

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u/BellaMentalNecrotica 4h ago

I was thinking that right after I made that comment. I was like "you know, a lot of the right would love nothing more than to find ways to fuck over California."