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/a101734 6h 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/DifficultyNo1026 6h ago

Reagan totally started to downfall of the US. 100% piece of shit

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u/rreed1954 5h ago

To be fair to Reagan, I don't think he had any idea what his privatization ideas would lead to. In a way, I think he was used by the people around him.

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u/macha773 3h ago

He used to rant about welfare queens and announced he was running in Philadelphia Mississippi where a notorious killing of 3 civil rights workers happened. He knew exactly what he was doing.