Free cars would do more for productivity and business development than free college
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Does the Bern stand a chance?
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The quick google search I did showed both -care and -aid at around $550-580B. And yes, I’m aware that there is dark money and that the real defense budget, all in with what you mentioned, could be close to that number.
Either way, the general point I am trying to make stands. An extra trillion/year will not cover all that many more people than what is currently covered. Those making 6 figures+, or at least close to it, will get hammered with the tax burden to pay for Bernie Care, let alone free college and all the other stuff he’s promising.
That depends on the nature of the free college.
Plus the free cars would probably be American and therefore pieces of redneck/old people/soccer mom sh!t.
Unless they were Teslas, in which case, that would be boss af tbh fam.
And I disagree an extra trillion wouldn't cover all that many more. The trillion we have right now covers the most expensive 1/5th of the country.
Another trillion would cover way more than another 1/5. I doubt it would be 5/5 though.
Another trillion would cover way more than another 1/5. I doubt it would be 5/5 though.
Teslas are whack besides the Cyber Truck
Murican cars are trash, but the trucks are the best. Give me a free Raptor or give me death
holy crap that is some dark stuffLook I want what you want. I want the free market economy to put rural Trump voters in jail for their unpaid medical bills, or whatever ProPublica is crying about.
'I was scared to death': Patients jailed over unpaid medical debt in rural Kansas
At a time when healthcare policy dominates national debate, a county in Kansas is jailing individuals with medical debt.Judge David Casement is a magistrate judge in Coffeyville, Kansas, where the poverty rate is twice the national average. He presides over cases in which individuals with...www.yahoo.com
When Medical Debt Collectors Decide Who Gets Arrested
Welcome to Coffeyville, Kansas, where the judge has no law degree, debt collectors get a cut of the bail, and Americans are watching their lives — and liberty — disappear in the pursuit of medical debt collection.features.propublica.org
Agreed. Although medicare is looking at budget shortfalls going into the next few decades, so there is issues there as well with the current level of income. Also, that trillion assumes all defense spending would be diverted, which is a non-starter, but we could probably do just fine with 1/4 of what we currently spend.
The only way I see socialized medicine really working long term is to internalize the costs by building out government healthcare infrastructure.
That’s fair that you may have railed against all those things. My apologies. You can’t deny it is a typical argument though?
How are we going to pay for it? Haven’t you heard we print money?
Seriously though how about cut military spending. Focus the military budget on taking care of and educating vets. Cancel the tanks. Then raise taxes on the top 1 %. Billionaires like Bill Gates and Warren Buffet support that approach, they don’t want your white knighting screaming “wealth distribution!” How is that for a start?
I’ve heard it said it is better to teach someone to fish rather than buy them a fishing pole? Or is it buy them the fish I can’t remember?
So everybody in Europe are poor because of this?
They don't get anything in return for their taxes?
There are no rich people or profitable companies in EU, SOSHULISM.
What makes you think it would take months to be seen if you've had an accident?
Where are you getting this bullshit from?
Emergencies and urgent cases are treated just like here.
Non essential surgeries and treatments, there's a wait, just like here.
I waited 4 months for my surfer's ear surgery in the US, which is the same amount of time I waited for deviated septum surgery in the UK caused by a broken nose 20 years earlier.
This is kind of lie that gets spread on Facebook and rubes are regurgitating it everywhere.
Also, good luck with the MRI, hope it's not serious.
So when a fattie puts in an insurance claim for diabeetus and you have to pay for it, do you lose your sh!t?
Or is it just because soshulism
It would help if you learned how risk pools work.
lol, strawman much? Where did I say anything about euros being poor? More delusions from you.
Yes, it seems that they do get a lot in return. Although I’d rather pocket the extra cash and decide for myself what I should buy instead of giving it to the state.
Lol, more strawman. Yes, I would rather pocket an extra $20k/year than have a fancy train that connects Turlock to Bako.
I can’t think of any places I drive where a bridge is needed where there isn’t one already. Plus they have this really neat and innovative system known as “tolls” where you pay a few to use the bridge when you need it, which helps pay for the upkeep. Revolutionary!
$20K?
Was it hard pulling that out of your ass?
Because it's a big lie.
Must have hurt.
Uh, no. It’s not. That’s the difference I would be paying in taxes if I lived in some overtaxed Euro country.$20K?
Was it hard pulling that out of your ass?
Because it's a big lie.
Must have hurt.