Americans, why are you so afraid of free healthcare?
Universal healthcare is a wonderful thing. Why are so many americans against it?
36-40, M
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Tatsumi · 31-35, M
Because Americans are innately afraid of government, as a whole. They also have the inbred desire for freedom and choice. They feel as though universal healthcare is a drain on society and is depriving them of choice. Yes. Incorrectly.
They also dislike "handouts" (except in the form of reduced taxes, then handouts are great). They really just dislike taxes, as a whole. Without realizing that taxes are a good thing. It really just stems from America's founding. The country was founded on a very anti-tax premise, if you recall.
America is also a very independent nation. It's very individualist. So many Americans dislike the idea of helping other Americans. "What? I have to pay more of MY money to help some assholes?" Even the ones who claim to have national pride really only look out for themselves, for the most part. Not everyone, of course. But a fair portion.
But. A lot of Americans aren't afraid of universal healthcare. That's why Bernie Sanders almost won the democratic nomination as a socialist. And why Obama won the presidency in 2008 whose platform included single payer healthcare, which he then flopped on.
They also dislike "handouts" (except in the form of reduced taxes, then handouts are great). They really just dislike taxes, as a whole. Without realizing that taxes are a good thing. It really just stems from America's founding. The country was founded on a very anti-tax premise, if you recall.
America is also a very independent nation. It's very individualist. So many Americans dislike the idea of helping other Americans. "What? I have to pay more of MY money to help some assholes?" Even the ones who claim to have national pride really only look out for themselves, for the most part. Not everyone, of course. But a fair portion.
But. A lot of Americans aren't afraid of universal healthcare. That's why Bernie Sanders almost won the democratic nomination as a socialist. And why Obama won the presidency in 2008 whose platform included single payer healthcare, which he then flopped on.