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That tracks actually, Americans don't have healthcare or equal rights
Yeah I definitely don't have healthcare. And rights vary to a great extent by location. Except the 4th Amendment, it's dead everywhere.
We already have a 4th. That's the 4th of July. Fuck yeah, go 'murica, grandma, and apple pie!
Doingthestuff is right though, maybe it is time that we start challenging laws enacted against the 4th and make it real again. The Patriot act may not be the easiest place to start, but we can find something the Pubs and Crats agree on and start there maybe. Build it's power back up until we can show that it has reason and peoples rights matter.
Hopeful rant of a fool.
That said, the 4th would possibly protect people from many of the unfounded DUI/dwi charges as well. Step out of the car and fail a test that you can't pass because it is all lies, should infact be a breach of the 4th when they claim to have pulled you over for driving 56 in a 50. Speeding isn't a valid warranted search for if someone had been drinking. So they would need to use their actual dashcam footage to show a driver swerving to have reason to bring charges of impairment. A driver going 6 mph over the speed limit is by no means a reason of impairment as that happens ALL the time by non-impared drivers. Bad hill to die on because peoples views of impaired drivers, but if 1/100 drivers are wrongfully charged it should not happen, and it is likely closer to 20/100 a number of places due to bias and hatred.
I'd go so far as to not have cops pull people over at all unless there's a serious crime happening. They have dashcams and every car has license plates, so they can just send that picture and a report and mail you a ticket.
They do this already with school buses. There's cameras on the side and if you drive past when the stop sign is out they will mail you a ticket. It even comes with a link to the actual video of the offense so you have a chance to dispute it.
Cops frequently say that traffic stops are the most dangerous part of their job, and people are killed and injured in police chases with alarming regularity. Eliminating them and not giving the government's hired goons a chance to violate our fourth amendment rights is a win-win.
Immigrants get Medicaid unless they are disqualified by having too high of an income.
https://www.healthcare.gov/immigrants/lawfully-present-immigrants/
Is that not also true of citizens unless they earn too high am income?
I believe so. I’m just pointing out the meme is wrong.
The meme says it what they think.
A specific part of the meme's details is wrong. The rest tracks. So don't get lost in the details when there's a bigger message.
Yes but also "too high of an income" isn't even a living wage.
But Medicaid doesn't mean healthcare (sadly)
Medicaid is health insurance. If you don’t make any money, you don’t pay any deductibles for healthcare. The price scales with your income.
Medicaid isn't available for poor people without a disability in every state. This article is a couple of years old (it is now 10 states that haven't expanded Medicaid instead of 12), but the coverage gap is real.
Maybe not, but it’s available to immigrants according to the Federal Government.
https://www.healthcare.gov/immigrants/lawfully-present-immigrants/
I'm aware. That doesn't mean you actually get healthcare though. Most places won't take it. Those that do either have long waiting lists or won't actually give decent treatment. It's rare if not impossible to find a decent provider that takes Medicaid in my area, even just for primary care.
I have it in NY. Every provider I’ve needed accepts it. There’s no waiting list. What state are you in that doesn’t accept it?
When I was living in VA it was fucking hell to find someone to accept Medicaid.
Was that before the Medicare for All act in 2023? It’s very different now.
Before. I moved back to MD before '23, and things have always been pretty accomodating here.
The reddest state in the land
The blue states have the majority of immigrants.