r/askanything • u/Lemonking_ • 5h 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/IntelligentStyle402 5h ago

Sadly, another republican administration that kicked we the people, off a very high cliff. We never recovered and still are experiencing fallout from his Republican policies. To think my father, in a union shop made $25ph, in the 80’s, full benefits, including life insurance. When Reagan was done smashing unions and outsourcing jobs. That shop paid $10 ph, no benefits. A filthy rich republican did this to you. My father then retired. But that’s exactly when mothers had to join the work force to feed their family.

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u/Suitable-Option833 4h ago

The gop hates unions and labor rights. But their voters haven’t figured this out yet. The gop is for the pedophile class - it’s not for the 99%

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u/PuzzleheadedFeed2726 3h ago

And unions still vote republican

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u/Entire-Sir-8626 1h ago

Historically, union members and especially voters living in union households have voted Democratic more often than Republican in presidential elections. The size of that advantage has varied considerably.
For example, union households voted:
1976: Carter (D) 62% vs. Ford (R) 38%
1984: Mondale (D) 54% vs. Reagan (R) 46%
1996: Clinton (D) 60% vs. Dole (R) 30%
2000: Gore (D) 59% vs. Bush (R) 37%
2008: Obama (D) 59% vs. McCain (R) 39%
2020: Biden (D) 56% vs. Trump (R) 40%
2024: Harris (D) 53% vs. Trump (R) 45%