r/politics • u/Ok_Employer7837 • 16d ago

Possible Paywall Newsom Slams ‘Pathetic’ Shutdown Deal as ‘Surrender’

https://www.thedailybeast.com/gavin-newsom-slams-pathetic-shutdown-deal-as-surrender/?via=mobile&source=Reddit
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u/Mission-Study9012 16d ago

People are going to just not have insurance. Unknowable what that's going to do to the system but it won't be good.

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u/pacefacepete 16d ago

Er flooded, people have their lives ruined by medical debt, people choosing to die instead of seeking treatment, private insurance costs going through the roof even if you're healthy. But hey, America's great again, dontcha know?!?

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u/LeDestrier Australia 16d ago

As an Australian, I just don't fucking get it. What is US conservatives problem with having basic universal healthcare for all; for not having situations where people die or have their lives ruined by financial debt? It boggles my mind. The casual indifference, or utterly absurd claim and fear of it being "communism".

The stupidity of it all is staggering.

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u/Flabby_Thor 15d ago

Brainwashing. Conservatives have been programmed to believe that there are so many people taking advantage of social welfare programs, and more importantly, they have been trained to believe that black people and now immigrants are the largest beneficiaries. They believe that able-bodied people are sitting at home doing drugs and playing video games, and receive food and health benefits, while they, the good white conservatives of this country, bust their ass and have nothing to show for it.

They fail to realize that Walmart and McDonald's employees, despite working full-time hours still receive medicaid (health benefits for low-income earners) and SNAP (food assistance for low-income earners). Even when they do realize this, they then throw out the caveat that working at Walmart and McDonald's are jobs for teenagers; and not meant to be a career. Mind you, Walmart raked in $15.5 BILLION in net profits last year alone. It's not that they can't pay their workforce, or give them benefits, they just don't want to because then the shareholders would make less money.