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Those same people oppose all sorts of existing social programs too, and those programs continue to function anyway. The CFPB was a special case as a small agen
by mikeash 7y ago
Those same people oppose all sorts of existing social programs too, and those programs continue to function anyway.
The CFPB was a special case as a small agency with little visible impact that few people even knew existed. Messing with people's health care is quite another matter. See also: “keep your government hands off my Medicare.”
- PhasmaFelis 7y ago> Those same people oppose all sorts of existing social programs too, and those programs continue to function anyway. Sorta, barely. When I was unemployed a few years ago, it took me months to get basic state medical coverage in Kentucky. I had to spend hours waiting in line at the office because the phone service simply didn't work, and then had to jump through endless bureaucratic hoops. As a single guy who's fairly bureaucracy-savvy, I eventually managed it. If I'd been a harried and undereducated single mom, I might never have made it through. That was the second time I had to sign up for Kentucky Medicaid. Five years previous, it was a breeze. Then a Republican governor cut funding to the bone, and now it's awful. That's not an accident.
- kevin_thibedeau 7y agoMost Americans vote with their feet to avoid this sort of governance.
- PhasmaFelis 7y agoThe kind of people who need Medicaid don't always have the luxury of relocating themselves and their family to another state.