So, the republicans just passed a bill in the house that calls for $880 billion in medicaid cuts. So...you know, virtually all of it. You know, because the republicans gotta cut taxes for billionaires somehow.
So, just for the record, 72 million people are on medicaid. So this cuts health insurance for literally 20-25% of Americans. No biggie. Around 26 million people are uninsured now, so this is gonna triple it overnight to nearly 100 million people total. That's around...28-29% of the population?
Yeah, just so we're clear.
So what are these around 100 million people supposed to do? Just get a job? Okay, for most of us, especially for those who are driven by the socioeconomic conditions that drive people to MAGA because the democrats arent doing enough already...that's not going to help. I mean, most jobs in our areas are like low wage service jobs that pay near minimum wage and are part time in the first place in order to avoid having to provide insurance coverage. Insurance coverage also isnt affordable. Rememeber how I posted a few months ago how the average yearly cost for premiums is like $8k a year? Yeah, it's insane. And that isn't even including out of pocket costs.
Oh, what's that you say? THose jobs are for teenagers, get a better job? Okay, well there aren't better jobs, and even with trump deporting illegals by the million and tariffing the rest of the world, there still won't be better jobs. because businesses dont wanna pay for healthcare in the first place. They wanna externalize costs and say you either buy your own healthcare or you go on medicaid. And we're just cutting medicaid.
So wtf? Are we just supposed to be okay with almost 30% of our population being uninsured? Is this what MAGA voted for? I ask you this. if you're MAGA, did you vote for this? Surely, the die hard fiscal republicans did, but the swing voter concerned about their economic prospects? Did YOU vote for this? Obviously no.
And yet this is what you get when you vote for MAGA. Curious. it's almost as if these guys were full of crap all along.
Let me ask you, West Virginia. You're like the poorest state in the nation just about. You guys have no jobs, you live practically on welfare and disability. You vote red because the democrats keep wanting to kill the coal industry and you think it's your birth right to dig dirty flammable rocks out of the ground even though it wrecks your lungs....i bet most of you guys are on medicaid. Are you guys okay with Trump cutting your healthcare access? Did you vote for this?
I swear, this is gonna make the population shift so hard toward the left in 2028, I could even see WV shifting blue after this one. okay, that might be a bit far. But yeah. if we still have free and fair elections and trump doesnt just abolish them and crown himself king (and let's face it he's going that way), the republicans are gonna have a rude awakening as most of the country turns on them.
You guys thought you had it bad under Biden? Man, I know Biden aint great, I kinda felt your pain on that one...but once again, are you really fine with Trump screwing you over so hard?
This is what happens when you vote republican. Take note. It's like putting your hand on a hot stove. Now, what did we learn today? That stove burns when you touch it. Will you touch it again? No? GOOD! We need to see some learning cause and effect here, because i swear, most of you guys out there in american seem to have the attention span of a gold fish and your knowledge of these things isn't...the best....let's put it that way.
I hate to be this condescending and insulting of peoples' intelligence, but sometimes I have to be. Yall really voted for this MFer again, and I warned you it was a terrible idea. I told you he would try to destroy democracy. I told you he would do psycho stuff like this. I wasn't kidding. I dont like dems either. Dont get me wrong, I'm right there with you (somewhat) in thinking the democratic party sucks and their candidates are boring milquetoast trash who doesnt improve our lives. But keep this in mind. Whatever agreement I come to with middle America on this, I'm criticizing the dems FROM THE LEFT. I want them to be MORE progressive. I want them to give people UBI, universal healthcare, free college, higher wages, better work life balance. I want to go back to the philosophy of the new deal, but MAKE IT BETTER THAN IT EVER WAS. You know? The goal for the right over the past half century, and arguably the past century, has been to dismantle the new deal. They're finally going for it. And the results are going to be DISASTROUS for average americans.
You guys gotta fight back. Legally of course. When I say fight i dont mean it like orange man does where he's basically saying "march on the capitol." It's more "march to your election place in 2/4 years and vote these frickers out." But yeah. Fight. These guys will screw you in every way they can. They ain't playing. The American people have to put their foot down and say this is not okay.
We should be going for UNIVERSAL healthcare. Not repealing coverage for 72 million Americans. This is INSANE. We're going backwards as a society, and I dont like it. None of you guys out there in middle america should like it either. THis is why you vote for left, not for rich demagogues who promise to "make america great again" by deporting illegals and slapping tariffs on everything, as if that helps anything. The "Trump economy" was "good" in his first term because he wasnt successful in repealing anything, and all he did was inherit the obama recovery and allow it to continue for 3 years until covid hit. Oh...and btw, the reason egg prices are so high? Bird flu. And to my knowledge, we just fired the people who were trying to contain that. COVID 2 electric boogaloo on the horizon? Yeah. Buckle up. This ain't pretty.
Dont vote for these frickers ever again. PLEASE.
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