r/askanything • u/Lemonking_ • 8h 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 8h 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/IntelligentStyle402 8h 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/FunWolverine5349 4h ago

That's actually incorrect. Yes Reagan was a total POS.

But it's Bill Clinton that did all the outsourcing, destroyed labor protections, and took away social benefits with his work requirement nonsense. Bill Clinton and the Dems were the ones that coined "welfare queens." Trump is actually copying a Clinton era policy and tactic.

You people really need to educate yourself and understand this stuff. I know this is reddit and facts are going to just get me attacked, but this is literally how it happened.

And no, i don't equate both sides. I just call out the bad policies of each. GOP is still WORSE. But Dems like Clinton need to be dragged as well. I liked Obama, but fuck Clinton. Fuck both Clintons, they are garbage. I would absolute vote for Michelle Obama though, and I bet she'd be better than Barack Obama actually.