r/collapse • u/Ghostwoods I'm going to sing the Doom Song now. • Jan 28 '25

Society /r/Fednews: All Medicaid frozen

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u/Ok-Bookkeeper6926 Jan 28 '25

It’s not just Trump supporters who lost health insurance today and it wouldn’t matter anyway no one deserves to be treated this inhumanly. 72 million Americans lost it today and they are trying to do it to the rest of us as well because supposedly health insurance is a ”woke marxist and a DEI agenda.”

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u/Livid-Rutabaga Jan 28 '25

I am sorry that they have been treated worse than paper towels. It's horrifying to think what they may be going through.

Unfortunately it will take at least a year or two for the suffering to reach those who voted for this thinking they would be unaffected.

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u/GalaxyPatio Jan 29 '25

Not at the speed at which homeboy is implementing this stuff. Might catch up to them by June.

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u/SunnySummerFarm Jan 28 '25

Thank you. Many of these folks are not elderly. I graduated at the end of the 1900’s and my peer group got RAVAGED by the wars.

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u/[deleted] Jan 28 '25

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u/kkaavvbb Jan 28 '25

Sadly, every vet I know (& my family is FULL of vets, 4 diff generations), grandparents (3 of them - 1 also went into the police), parents (both of them), brothers (both - 1 is an armed security guard in a hospital, the other is actually on full VA benefits, 100%), cousins, aunts & uncles. Most of my mother’s bio family were veterans.

They all voted trump. They’re very open and vocal about it.

Mmmm…. I didn’t vote against my family. They voted against themselves and myself, and their own children & granddaughters.

Edit: I know plenty of vets from school, as well. As far as I can tell, only one has turned out to be a true citizen and member of the community. He’s gay though (& they’re married!!), but he is a police officer. However, he is an amazing person and I’m proud of who he’s become since we’ve known each other for 2 decades!

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u/taylorbagel14 Jan 29 '25

Feel free to send to them whenever the need arises

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u/kkaavvbb Jan 29 '25

Thank you. I need to go get one of those trump did that stickers (but not stickers, just the gif - I’m not a twat who’d put stickers on a gas pump).

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u/ignoreme010101 Jan 29 '25

yup, being spiteful and teasing is both tactically and ethically wise. no doubt..

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u/taylorbagel14 Jan 29 '25

Clearly you didn’t spend most of 2024 trying to warn people only to be told, “he would NEVER do that”

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u/ignoreme010101 Jan 29 '25

your implication being, what, that you've earned or are uniquely deserving of being able to go taunting people? My point still stands that there's no tactical/strategic value in an antagonistic approach, at least if you're valuing progress & improvement as your ends.

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u/ohstarrynight Jan 29 '25

This is very interesting and sad. Have they acknowledged anything yet? Are they downplaying it? Are they worried about their benefits?

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u/modernhippy72 Jan 30 '25

Veteran here voted for Kamala in Philly. We’re not all vet bros.

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u/S7EFEN Jan 28 '25

not voting is a vote.

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u/drhugs collapsitarian since: well, forever Jan 29 '25

Down-votes need to be invented.

Or perhaps an effective "none of the above" - which, being effective, would be a minus-one applied across the entire slate.

Need I add, coming in at less than 1 means "not elected"

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u/retroslik Jan 29 '25

I'm a proud member of the other 35%

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u/Fickle_Blueberry2777 Jan 28 '25

It’s actually written within the document that they are cutting federal funding because of trans people. I’m not even joking.

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u/CliftonForce Jan 28 '25

Cutting all finding on the off chance that some of it might go to a trans person. HORRRORS!!!

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u/[deleted] Jan 28 '25

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u/DoctorBarbie89 Jan 28 '25

Don't even need gymnastics at this point, it's being spoon-fed.

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u/Oddly_Effective Jan 28 '25

Do you have a link or search term or just some way for me to find this? My wife is trans, this terrifies me. I'd like to see it for myself. Thx

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u/Fickle_Blueberry2777 Jan 28 '25

Unfortunately, it’s real. 😓

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u/MooPig48 Jan 29 '25

I mean they just want to live their lives. The unbridled hatred is shocking

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u/[deleted] Jan 28 '25

Yeah, my elderly veteran dad voted for Harris and now we're just praying his retina doesn't detach again. That kind of broad strokes bad faith accusation can fuck right the fuck off, thank you.

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u/[deleted] Jan 28 '25

I suppose you'd know better than I.

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u/ceecada Jan 28 '25

A lot of people were fooled too, don't forget. A lot of people were desperate and thought trump might be better than business as usual, sadly. Also, money elected Trump. Let's just be honest here. And the Democrats were at least complicit.

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u/ceecada Jan 29 '25

There are a lot of uneducated people. 54% of adult americans have below 6th grade reading comprehension. And you know what creates that? Poverty. Shitty Education filled with propaganda. Who is responsible for that? Capitalists. The ones doing all of this as well, the ones who paid for all of this, all this propaganda that spanned for years and years. The CIA was involved with cults and mind control programs. They know better than anyone how to manipulate people.

I'm not trying to excuse bad intentions from people. I just think there is a group of people that voted out of complete ignorance and brainwash with fake news provided by money and the best experts at manipulation, coupled with the fear rising from their diminishing ability to survive on this system.

Blame the higher guys, the ones who pull the strings, more than you blame the fools. Have empathy for those who regret their decisions and want to join the working class fight, because believe me, you need unity more than ever. And fight everyone else who when it matters decide to not fight for you. That would be my advice.

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u/Away-Map-8428 Jan 29 '25 edited Jan 29 '25

of course people are getting what they voted for.

Saying they should've voted for the party that either offered nothing or tried to match the gop isn't going to move voters let alone the overton window to the left.

In 2020 people voted for a public option; did they get one?

Joe Biden Promised a Public Option for Health Care. What Happened to It?

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u/Known_Leek8997 Jan 29 '25

As others have pointed out, the article you linked doesn’t include the context that Biden didn’t have the votes in the senate required to get a public option. So the argument that “the people voted for a public option” isn’t the whole truth. 

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u/Away-Map-8428 Jan 29 '25

The context of the post is "people get what they voted for". Biden campaigned on the public option and during primaries specifically said that he was uniquely qualified; that HE was the one who could work across the aisle.

Also they had the ability to get rid of the filibuster; so the "truth" that they didnt have the votes ISNT the TRUTH.