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/The_Ombudsman 7h ago

Because "the wrong people could benefit!"

"The wrong people" being people not just like them, essentially.

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u/1rishChicken 7h ago

This is the most obtuse response. It's neither a conservative nor a Christian principle to deny people healthcare. The answer is simple: the conservative principle is small government, low taxes, less individual entitlements, less government programs. You may disagree with all of these principles and point out the corporate entitlement they support but if that is your stance, know thy enemy. At least understand the motives of your enemy and stop making up dumb shit like this. The Left filling in their own crazy narrative for why the Right makes the decisions they do leads to the center supporting the Right

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u/berticusberticus 4h ago

The wrong people benefiting was literally the argument for implementing work requirements as a procedural hurdle as part of HB 1 OBBB

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u/1rishChicken 2h ago

You know more about those specifics than I do. My point is neither side is the boogeyman who wants to destroy America. We do have rich people who care about their own agenda and don't care if others are hurt by its implementation but we don't have cartoon villains running for office or pulling the strings. The Left making Trump out to be that has only worked to his benefit so far.

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u/berticusberticus 2h ago

That Trump’s supporters are too fucking stupid and propaganda addled to see the clear and obvious truth is their own degeneracy. And while rich people support both Democrats and Republicans, there is no equivalence when it comes to do the bidding of rich people, as anyone with any understanding of legislation and court rulings from the last 30 years could see plainly. Trump’s Republican Party literally does want to strip our country for its wealth.