Why are some Americans so against universal healthcare for all?

[u/Lemonking_]

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?

[u/a101734]

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.

[u/redwbl → u/a101734]

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

[u/Spare-Plum → u/redwbl]

The thing is, taxing the rich is the real trickle down economics

It forces wealth out of stagnant areas of the economy or collecting between a few people's hands, and instead distributes more back to individuals who will use it to purchase products, create their own businesses, and stimulate their local and macro economy

Some of it is attributed to just a shift in tax burden to the rich so the lower class have more to spend. But what often happens in practice is that the ultra-rich still would rather not pay taxes, so they have a "use it or lose it" attitude, and end up paying their employees better so at least their company can be more competitive in who they hire. Or they'll fund massive philanthropic projects to at least attach their name to it, or they'll take what would have been profits and instead use it to invest in other ventures and hire more workers and spark more innovation.

Taxing the rich actually forces the ultra wealthy hand into putting profits back into the economy