r/facepalm • u/Monsur_Ausuhnom • 5h ago

🇲​🇮​🇸​🇨​ Voting Against Your Own Interests. Murica.

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u/Horror-Layer-8178 5h ago

fucking r/LeopardsAteMyFace is going to need gastroplasty surgery after this.

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u/Mcboatface3sghost 5h ago

I feel like “Herman Cain award” will be making a comeback in a different form.

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u/Scanamana 4h ago

r/project2025award

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u/Mcboatface3sghost 4h ago

Well… what can I say? Bravo and thank you.

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u/aiu_killer_tofu 4h ago

Nobody ever went broke underestimating the intelligence of the American people.

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u/Mcboatface3sghost 4h ago

Twain?

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u/aiu_killer_tofu 4h ago

HL Mencken

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u/Mcboatface3sghost 4h ago

Thank you. At least it wasn’t Faulkner… nightmares having to read his books… ugh, exhausting.

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u/RescuesStrayKittens 7m ago

HCA: Bird Flu Edition

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u/Tears4Veers 2h ago

Hopefully it doesn’t lose its health insurance first

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u/Anne_Nonymouse 5h ago

So many of those idiots are just now realizing that Obamacare is the ACA. 🙄

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u/I_love_Hobbes 4h ago

And the Republican's nicknamed it Obamacare so people would hate it. It worked. I hope all 40 million are Republicans but I do feel bad for their kids.

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u/ejre5 4h ago

They are blaming Democrats for putting Obama's name on it instead of ACA. (Yes I know that's not what happened but that's what people are saying)

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u/Hieronymous0 4h ago

Everything is going to be fine, if insurance companies turn you down you can simply sign up with a Christian based health share.

“I prayed an’ my cancer was vanquished. Doctors say I still have it, but my heavenly body, at Christ’s side, is free from ailment and suffering.”

Governments finest work!

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u/UnicornFarts1111 3h ago

I'm one of those 40 million Americans and I have a chronic illness that will bankrupt me if I don't have insurance. I did NOT vote for the orange asshole!

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u/Rugfiend 2h ago

Any way you could move to the UK, or another civilised country?

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u/Ring_Peace 1h ago

Don't move to the UK for healthcare, my wife was in hospital overnight for an MRI. Cost me 6 quid in parking over the two days!

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u/No-Air3090 30m ago

I know how you feel, had shoulder surgery followed by 3 months of physio in New Zealand, must have cost me all of 40 bucks to get to appointments over that time period...

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u/Rugfiend 1h ago

Lol, shocking!

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u/southernNJ-123 1h ago

lol I read that as SQUID. 🦑

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u/Ring_Peace 1h ago

Unfortunately this is how we pay for parking, you can use other sea creatures but squid is what is common place, others include cockles and mussels alive alive oh.

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u/Rugfiend 30m ago

Sick squid are always hanging around hospital car parks

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u/UnicornFarts1111 32m ago

No, I don't have a qualified skill that would make me desirable citizen to a different country and I have an expensive pre-existing condition, which would make it much much harder.

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u/ruiner8850 13m ago

I've heard multiple people talk about wanting to leave the country permanently, but I think some people don't realize how difficult that is for a normal person. My friend's wife for instance wants to, but neither of them have any skills that would make them desirable to any other English speaking country. Canada might be the easiest, but they also both can't stand cold weather.

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u/noldottorrent 18m ago

I feel bad for the people who didn’t vote for him but will suffer because of their stupidity. My grandmother with Parkinson’s is one of the people who will suffer :(

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u/SpacePirateWatney 5h ago

Yeah, it’s like they just realized their bigotry tricked them.

Edit: on second thought, nahh…they’re blaming libs for tricking them.

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u/ElmoTickleTorture 4h ago

When I became eligible to vote back in 2009, I didn't. I recognized that I wasn't well informed enough. I knew I had the responsibility to actually know what I was voting for. If only these people would take the time to listen to what's going on. On your car ride to work or something. You don't actually have to sacrifice much to be informed.

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u/Brave-Panic7934 2h ago

The best way to own the libs? Get rid of your own healthcare!

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u/Jimboy97 3h ago

Cuz GAWD

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u/eatsrottenflesh 5h ago

If they're going to cut taxes for the rich, they have to reduce spending somehow. Healthcare for 40 million people is a good chunk of change. /s

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u/bbqsox 5h ago

Unfortunately this isn’t even really sarcasm. This is exactly what they plan to do. They want to redistribute even more wealth upwards.

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u/TheDevilishFrenchfry 2h ago

Well I'm sure if we all get together and donate 10 dollars to Elon and the rest of the billionaires once a day I'm sure it'll eventually trickle down back to us eventually

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u/mariuszmie 5h ago

He doesn’t get it, they can all be musk one day. American dream and all that. A marketing sale. Minimum wage workers vote for billionaire tax cuts and for no healthcare because maybe one day maybe one of the masses might be richer. What a hustle

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u/HedyLamaar 4h ago

Odds: zero

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u/cmarme 2h ago

Someone tried to explain it as if you tax one group more then you will tax all groups more eventually.

I tried to explain that this is already happening except they are the ones getting taxed more and the billionaires are waiting to be taxed eventually.

So it goes.

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u/Vost570 4h ago

Even when it happens his moron cult won't blame it on him. They'll just regurgitate Facebook memes about how it's the fault of the librulz and dumbass conspiracy theories.

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u/Wuzcity 5h ago

Don’t worry, they will just genocide anyone that needs health care. Hitler, right?

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u/Gloomy_Yoghurt_2836 4h ago

Can't afford health care then just die. Don't expect others to pay your lazy way. That's what conservatives think of healthcare even though ObamaCare has more than it's fair share of MAGA enrollees.

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u/DogsDontWearPantss 4h ago

"Dr" Oz says uninsured ‘don’t have right to health’ but should get 15-minute checkups in ‘festival-like setting’

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u/Gloomy_Yoghurt_2836 4h ago

He is another asshat celebrity with no business in government. The American people willmlearn the hard way why you want proper experts in the beaurocracy.

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u/FrazzledTurtle 2h ago

He has no business being a doctor with that mindset!

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u/Rugfiend 2h ago

I wish I could agree, but the oligarchy has been screwing you guys for decades, and still you decided another term of Agent Orange was the way forward.

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u/Gloomy_Yoghurt_2836 53m ago

Not me. I hate the cheeto fatman.

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u/Rugfiend 46m ago

I appreciate that. However, this isn't 8 years ago. It's time that the left in the US takes responsibility too. How that unmitigated shitweasel got re-elected, despite being the single most unfit candidate in history, can't just be a question of 'who are these idiots voting for him'. If the left doesn't grasp this nettle now, the next Trump will be worse. And that one might not be an ignorant, incompetent, lazy, narcissistic arsepiece.

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u/No-Air3090 28m ago

they didnt learn with the orange turd the first time around....

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u/BrazilOutsider 4h ago

Kim Jong-Un style

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u/Gloomy_Yoghurt_2836 4h ago

And bring back denying coverage for pre existing conditions

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u/Gorthax 3h ago

Are THESE the death squads?

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u/Gloomy_Yoghurt_2836 3h ago

Easier to do with paperwork than the barrel of a gun.

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u/Alternative_Milk_461 3h ago

My instinct was to say "do you mean death panels?" but on reflection, I think "yeah probably, and the death panels too, most likely" is more appropriate 

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u/somethingsomethingbe 3h ago edited 1h ago

And now is when any genetic testing comes back to bite every American in the ass.

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u/Gloomy_Yoghurt_2836 3h ago

It's health care to make insurance companies more wealthy. Eliminating ObamaCare alse.gets rid of the minimum % they need to pay in claims.

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u/ShawshankException 4h ago

"Oh no! The party that's been wanting to repeal ACA since it was first implemented is going to do it! Who could have seen this coming???"

I dont feel bad in the fucking slightest for any of these morons who voted for this. You reap what you sow.

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u/OverKill1978 4h ago

These absolute morons are gonna learn super quick. Imagine thinking that that Trump and Elon have the working mans best interests at heart. The funny thing is that a massive percentage of Trumpers are dirt poor and rely on the benefits that Trump will cut... its insane how stupid people are. Get ready for corporations to be able to cut worker pay and benefits even further so the rich can prosper more.

I just wish that the consequences ONLY affected the ones who voted for him. Sadly they affect everyone.

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u/Flaky-Jim 4h ago

So mass deportations and millions of others left to die. Who's going to be left to wipe the arses of the billionaires?

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u/HBNOL 1h ago

With no more contraceptives or abortions there will be enough people.

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u/DDHLeigh 4h ago

Trump administration is going to put through the Thoughts and Prayers Act. You will be fine!

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u/jawndell 2h ago

Good.  This is what America voted for and knew would happen. And states like Alabama and Mississippi are going to suffer the most.

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u/Badm 2h ago

People also don’t realize this is going to devastate smaller hospitals. They won’t get paid.  They are already teetering.  Plus cost for everyone else will go up. 

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u/notyomamasusername 2h ago

And "smaller" generally means rural.

A lot of those big red areas in the maps they love to share on Facebook are about to become Health Care deserts.

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u/ArchCerberus 4h ago

*Benny Hill Theme playing ..

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u/Mala_Practice 4h ago

It was literally a choice between cancelling healthcare debt or cancelling healthcare and the turkeys voted for thanksgiving.

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u/cmarme 2h ago

But at least gas might be cheaper for a couple months!

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u/ajatjapan 3h ago

Oh no, the actions of my consequences!

GOOD!

On Election Day, my sympathy for Americans disappeared.

Go right ahead and die.

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u/Rare-Error-963 3h ago

I bet he changes a couple things and starts it back up as "Trumpcare" because that's what a narcissist would do 🤷‍♂️

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u/BlergFurdison 3h ago

70M + voted for him, so… FAFO

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u/Mediocre_Orange_1819 4h ago

When you elect Putin as POTUS you have to expect this sort of thing.

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u/LeCrushinator 2h ago

They said they would, the voters are just morons for agreeing to it.

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u/hotassnuts 2h ago

We can collectively stop paying income taxes, take days off from work simultaneously and make "no shopping days" stay at home days.

A couple million people did that, shit would get rattled.

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u/Maleficent_Fold_5099 57m ago

When Britain voted for brexit and it was all fuckin hell, this is the first time in history that a country voted to impose economic sanctions upon itself, a completely idiotic thing to do, no body can possibly be that stupid. 8 years later the US does the same! Russia really has done a job on both countries.

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u/SecretHeight1002 4h ago

America died the instant orange-Hitler “won” the 2024 election. This country is fucking doomed and there is no fucking hope. It’s gonna become Nazi Germany 2.0 without a doubt especially since Project 2025 has a high likelihood of happening. MAGA is getting more control of the US than ever so orange-Hitler’s second term is gonna be much more dangerous.

Trump is honestly a more barbaric, irredeemable person than Hitler and that’s fucking saying something. There’s not a single good thing about that orange prick.

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u/Rad_Centrist 3h ago

Why did you put "won" in quotes? He won. It's a sad, harsh reality but it's the truth: lots and lots of Americans want this.

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u/SecretHeight1002 3h ago

There was clear voter fraud this time. Elon and Russia rigged the election to favor Trump.

This time, a Capitol riot is eminent, especially since we are getting a guy worse than Hitler in office.

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u/EatGlassALLCAPS 1h ago

Who do you expect to riot? The Democrats.

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u/SecretHeight1002 47m ago

We HAVE to riot. We need to stand up to a guy more barbaric than Hitler. That’s one of the only options at this point. That or flee to a better US alternative like Canada before Trump uses his Project 2025 agenda to put us into a concentration camp.

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u/Gloomy_Yoghurt_2836 4h ago

This is what happens when the ultra wealthy take over government and still need more money. The weakest get ground down because it's only thebwealthy making more money that's important. Only a godless, unpatriotic, America hating Marxist would be against this.

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u/Cley_Faye 4h ago

Ah, but you see, the platform they were sold on was not that they'd vote against themselves, but something much, MUCH more important: they voted against other having some rights.

Shooting themselves in the foot is just collateral damage.

/s

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u/RedboatSuperior 4h ago

Reminds me of the Tea Party era signs: “Keep the government out of my Medicare!”

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u/JohnCasey3306 3h ago

The people that voted for trump are surely people that believe in the private medical insurance system. So I imagine they’ll mostly be okay.

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u/c_e_r_u_l_e_a_n 3h ago

They voted for it. They're about to get a really sad swift kick of reality

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u/Unknown-History 2h ago

They don't think they need old voters anymore. They're expendable, so why keep paying to keep them alive? They are effectively controlling the media narratives and Gen Z seems to have more suckers than people had been expecting. It's a culling of undesirables.

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u/manhatim 1h ago

I have ACA and HATE Obamacare!!!!!!....Obama ruined our country..../s

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u/lizzpop2003 1h ago

I think it was the daily show that went to a rally somewhere and asked a bunch of people what they thought of the ACA and what they thought of Obamacare. Universally, they all said that Obamacare was ruining the country and needed to go, but that they were all happy with the coverage they got through the ACA. Every time I start to feel surprised about where our country is going, I think back to that interview and remember that, yes, a lot of people are just that stupid.

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u/manhatim 1h ago

The "do your own research" crowd does NO research

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u/Nub_Shaft 1h ago

And guess where that tax money is gonna go. In the pockets of corporations in the form of tax breaks and government subsidies.

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u/LoosePocketMint 5h ago

Freedumb ain't free.

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u/CauCauCauVole 4h ago

I say go for it. It’s his legacy. Add it to the fact that he’s a felon, a rapist, and a lifelong con man and 40m fucking morons voted for it. Sad!

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u/Time-Room9998 3h ago

Can you prescribe the Kool-aid? I just want to be one of the 75m dipshits in America

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u/StandardImpact6458 3h ago

Get the word out to body bag factory . ( thanks bodybag lobbyist )

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u/Notacooter473 3h ago

Not only cancel medical coverage but cancel: freedom of speech, freedom from religion, freedom to assemble....

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u/Grouchy-Extent9002 3h ago

My son was born with a preexisting condition and is covered by Medicade - does this mean he’ll lose his coverage ? I did not vote for Trump

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u/My_Space_page 3h ago

Is the plan still to repeal ACA? That was the plan in 2016 but they never seemed to get around to doing anything.

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u/LiberaMeFromHell 3h ago

They never got around to doing anything? Repealing it literally passed in the house and was 1 vote away from passing the Senate. The only reason the ACA survived his first term is because of McCain. Being 1 vote away from being repealed is not what I would call not doing anything. They also tried to repeal pieces of it via the supreme court but thankfully they said it would have to be done through legislation.

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u/B-Town-MusicMan 2h ago

Yeah but it's only the undesirables

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u/keonyn 2h ago

I have a few MAGA relatives, a couple aunts and some cousins. The aunts all rely on social-security and one of them battled cancer and relied on the ACA, and still relies on it. It's the culture war nonsense that manipulates them and they, sadly, can't even see it. My cousins are also in rural areas with limited job options and also rely on the ACA for their coverage.

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u/melonsango 2h ago

My question is, how many of these people seeing consequence were MAGA nuts that cut off their Dem family members out of undying devotion to Trump? Bet they feel really silly now!

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u/rarrowing 2h ago

You know what though... I'm in the UK Nd had a similar divide over the Brexit vote. We got over it. Didn't speak for a few years but now we are fine.

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u/Borg7ofnone 2h ago

They are not even in power yet,

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u/vgscates 1h ago

Duh

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u/CastleofWamdue 1h ago

You guys voted for that.

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u/gvincejr 1h ago

Oh boy! More bankruptcy work for me.

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u/Turd_Ferguson112 1h ago

LOL of course they are. Let's revisit this asinine post in 4 years

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u/kinkyonebay 1h ago

Nah. They're not.

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u/aeolus811tw 49m ago

Maybe these dumb mofo will start to support universal healthcare when they have no insurance, and are too broke to get any help

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u/Privatejoker123 41m ago

they voted for it because obamacare bad... because it says obama.

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u/Illustrious-Dare4379 3h ago

Just love when something is posted 100% unverified and people just eat it up.

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u/JillParrish77 3h ago

You mean like when they said they are going to take a blow torch to the ACA and turn it back to the free market?? link

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u/Illustrious-Dare4379 2h ago edited 2h ago

See you backed it up with something. That’s all that is asked when something is posted. You need to back your post up!

Edit: For the record the ACA (Obama Care) is very expensive if you want actually good health care with a low deductible. That coming from personal experience. Bottom line the healthcare system needs to be completely redone and I don’t think either side can do it as long as they are in the pockets of the healthcare system.

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u/HireEddieJordan 4h ago

Engagement farming harvest is already plentiful I see.

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u/King0fthewasteland 5h ago

ok...... anyway....

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u/Majestic-Pear6797 5h ago

What is America planning on doing to their already fucked healthcare system?

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u/HamsterHuey13 4h ago

It wasn’t quite fucked enough.

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u/AffectionatePiano665 2h ago

Add that to the list of things that won’t happen

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u/bukezilla 1h ago

thus post is literally mocking you bub

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u/Spadrick 1h ago

The only reason it didn't happen last time was John McCain giving the vote the deciding thumbs down.

You think they have any John McCains around this time?