I think the correct argument is that Republicans don't care if others have health care as long as they do and it results in more money in their own pockets. That's a pretty sad indictment.
While I agree with your argument that Trump's specific personality is not the most important factor in international relations and negotiations, you can't get away with saying what he says doesn't matter. As you know, in many areas the president is essentially powerless, his main power IS what he says. The president has to lead by talking. If he can't do that (and Trump has shown no capacity for such leadership), then we have nailed down the reason why Trump is incapable of doing the job.
Nope. Obama could try to influence people and it might make you feel goof or bad but your feelings just do not matter. 99% of what a president says doesn’t matter. No matter who that president is. There is a final yes or no to the options presented them, which can include which options to explore, and that matters, but what they say outside of that is close to meaningless. I’ve been inside that circle and obsessing about personalities is honestly a giant waste of time. I think this guy on a personal level is a terrible human being, but I thought that about the last two democrats to hold the office as well. Whereas, I know W to be an excellent person on a personal level but didn’t always agree with his decisions. Though, I thought strategically he was led to some good decisions.
Aa far as healthcare. You have to be more realistic. Half the country vote republican. They’re not all loaded fat cats holding down the little guy so they can get ahead. Most of them are middle class like everyone else, and a great number are the poor people you think are being held down.
Republicans are not emotionally dead to the plight of people who can’t afford healthcare, or any other need. For the most part they are deeply caring people who want opportunity for everyone regardless of wealth or race or anything else. They’d love for everyone to have access to quality healthcare. But that is simply not possible.
You might love the NHS, but it takes control of medical decisions out of the hands of the patient at levels Americans wouldn’t accept cause the payment is from govt to doctor and patient at a certain point is just along for the ride. It does at a certain point limit what care it will provide. It does have essentially unlimited care which drives costs to a point that leaves it massive short of funding. And it does drive down compensation so the best and brightest aren’t drawn to the profession and there isn’t sufficient reward for R&D/etc. They fill the gap by draining immigrant professionals away from places they’re needed more and by negotiating down drug prices that cause the decrease here to be passed on as an increase in America.
The American system is massively regulated by good intentioned policies that drive costs through the roof and prevent affordable care from existing. We can’t have Medicare or Medicaid for all. The health outcomes on Medicaid are worse than having no insurance, and most Medicaid recipients still seek routine care in an ER cause not many doctor accept it & those that do give so little time/effort to those low return patients.
Republicans would love for everyone to have access to healthcare. Not merely coverage they cannot make effective use of. They don’t think people should have to pay for coverage that can’t get them effective care and that still doesn’t cover catastrophic situations. They don’t think the finite availability of care should be redistributed as if taxing the rich and giving to the poor - they think it should be distributed on the basis of need and ultimately if you want to exceed “your fair share” then on your ability to pay your own way. Overall they just believe in self reliance and govt screws up everything it touches. Literally no control is better than govt control, and the free market will always find the most efficient solution.
Republicans don’t want govt to pick up the tab for able bodied working age people who could get a job with benefits but choose for whatever reason not to. They want a pro business environment that’ll create enough living wage jobs with benefits so govt assistance isn’t necessary. They want tough love. Deeply caring tough love rather than enabling the expansion of societal problems.
It isn’t a perfect solution, but the results are better than well meaning interference gone awry. It’s profoundly wrong and ignorant to try to paint them as uncaring selfish caricatures trying to get ahead at the cost of the less fortunate. That’s not only untrue, but near the polar opposite of reality.
It’s fine for reasonable people to disagree about how to solve these problems - and no country has it right - but, it is really not fine to ignorantly demonize the other side cause they disagree with what you think is the better solution. I do not do that to liberals, though I may disagree with their policy choices and think them naive and unworkable. I try to still treat them with respect and understand where they’re coming from.
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