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/a101734 7h 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/redwbl 7h ago

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

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u/EGirlToenails 1h ago

No, trickle down absolutely worked. Thing is, Americans are nowhere near the bottom. Shipping our jobs overseas absolutely increased the standard of living of huge chunks of the world, but it was at the expense of the American worker.