Hawk's healthcare clip questions the promise of lower taxes
An uninsured couple's preference for buying their own coverage prompts a pointed follow-up in his fast-starting reaction Short.
Why this story? The video opened at a pace of 434,737 views a day, 14 times a normal first day on this channel (32,194).
Unimaginably Dumb
"I'd rather have lower taxes and buy my own healthcare," the woman tells the interviewer. His response is brief: "You don't have it."
That exchange is the center of "Unimaginably Dumb," a street-interview reaction clip on Hawk's Podcasts / mdg650hawk. It reached roughly 300,000 views in 12 hours, already well beyond the channel's usual full-day audience for a Short.
The interviewer begins by asking whether healthcare should be a right in the United States. The woman says no and explains that she and her companion are self-employed. Asked about insurance premiums, the man says they have no coverage because it is too expensive.
The next question concerns raising taxes on wealthy people to fund healthcare. The woman's preference for lower taxes brings the conversation back to the coverage they say they cannot afford.
Hawk watches silently in an inset, leaving the questions and answers to carry the clip. The comments focus on the distinction between paying taxes toward healthcare and purchasing insurance individually. The discussion is unusually busy: in half a day, it has drawn more than ten times the comments a typical Hawk Short receives on its first day.
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Where next?
- Channel
- Hawk's Podcasts / mdg650hawk
- Subscribers
- 878,000 ▲ 5,000 this week
- Channel views, last 7 days
- 23,389,723
- Channel views, pace per day
- 3,468,548 (on a normal day: 2,849,608)
- Video published
- October 27, 2026
- Video views so far
- 300,229 (less than a day online)
- Video views, pace per day
- 434,737
The numbers
The Short has already passed Hawk's usual first-day views, with an especially large jump in comments.
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Whose taxes does the interviewer propose raising to help fund healthcare?
The interviewer asks whether the couple would support higher taxes on wealthy people to fund healthcare.


