CBS' "The Late Show" host Stephen Colbert trotted out House Democrat Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (NY) to Thursday's episode of the left-wing "entertainment" show to promote his new children's book, of all things, and to explain the differences between Republicans and Democrats. Yeah, grab the popcorn.

Before the segment ended, Colbert came to the conclusion that Republicans don't believe that all Americans should have access to health care. Surprised? Me, neither. 

Colbert broached the subject with a predictable left-wing setup.

Just to drill down just a little bit deeper on that, because almost everything in what you just said, while a very good thing to say, a Republican sitting in that seat might say the same thing, other than access to health care for everybody. That might be the one thing where they would -- no, because they don't believe in universal health care. They would like to get rid of Obamacare. 

That is the one big division, or that is one of the big divisions that you named. Are there other specific things that you go “I am a Democrat, therefore I believe this should happen. That my opponents do not believe should happen.” That's what I mean by define the Democratic message. What does it mean to be a Democrat as opposed to what it means to be, how you perceive the Republicans?

Colbert was right in one important aspect: Conservatives tend to oppose universal health care (government healthcare "schemes," as they're called in Great Britain) and the disaster of Obamacare. We'll get to the why of the opposition in a bit.

Jeffries, as you might imagine, could hardly wait to respond to Colbert's misinformed nonsense (lies).

The Democrat Party has for decades melodramatically declared that it would "protect" Social Security and more from the heartless, if not evil, Republican Party. 

Anyway, there's a lot to "unpack" (as snobs like to say) in Jeffries' declaration, most of which was idiotic.

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First, the Republican Party has never threatened to "eradicate" or change for the worse, Social Security, which should be viewed as a safety net rather than the cornerstone of one's retirement income. Second, of course health care shouldn't be a privilege, but it also shouldn't be funded by taxpayers for people who are perfectly capable of funding it on their own. If not, look into Medicaid. Third, with respect to "good-paying jobs," people should be paid based on the relative value they provide to a company or other entity.

Let's Be Honest, Can We?

A janitor, which I'm not disparaging, for example, doesn't provide the value that a CEO provides to a successful company. Yes, those are extreme comparisons, but the point is valid — up and down the wage and income scales. Fourth, and finally, "reproductive health care decisions" and on-demand abortion, including of a healthy baby up until what would have been the moment of birth, are not mutually-inclusive.

The Bottom Line

To reiterate, Messrs. Jeffries and Colbert, Republicans aren't anywhere close to believing that all Americans shouldn't have access to health care. What many oppose, including a sizable percentage of the public, is socialism, including the notion that taxpayers should fund universal health care for everyone, just as they oppose paying the contractual student loan debt of those who used the money and legally promised to pay it back.

You see, opposition of massive wealth redistribution, beloved by the left, is anathema to conservatives and hard-working Americans, tens of millions of whom have struggled to make ends meet over the disastrous four years of the Biden presidency.

Period.