I Believe In Universal Health Care
I was asked by a friend in a foreign country (I'm an American at an embarrassing time in our history) why anyone would vote for Trump and why Trump and his Republican Party want to eliminate health care. Here in part was my answer:
The Democrats believe that government is supposed to help people and they put the health care plan in place. The Republicans and Trump won the election and they believe that government should not provide health care, people ought to buy their own, and they don't like to pay taxes to support people who are poor or who don't have enough money to buy insurance or to provide social programs. They want to eliminate all social programs, turn to private industry and big business to run the schools (for profit), run the jails and prisons (for profit), eliminate the regulations under the Clean Air and Water Act because business does not want to be told they can't pollute, and provide whatever services people need (for profit). These are the same people who want to close our borders to foreigners, end federal aid for college students, and lots of other bad things. It has been a big fight in the US and unfortunately the selfish people, the rich and the corporations won the battle.
The Democrats believe that government is supposed to help people and they put the health care plan in place. The Republicans and Trump won the election and they believe that government should not provide health care, people ought to buy their own, and they don't like to pay taxes to support people who are poor or who don't have enough money to buy insurance or to provide social programs. They want to eliminate all social programs, turn to private industry and big business to run the schools (for profit), run the jails and prisons (for profit), eliminate the regulations under the Clean Air and Water Act because business does not want to be told they can't pollute, and provide whatever services people need (for profit). These are the same people who want to close our borders to foreigners, end federal aid for college students, and lots of other bad things. It has been a big fight in the US and unfortunately the selfish people, the rich and the corporations won the battle.
