Surveys show overwhelming popularity among single-payer systems. The parent poster doesn't need to have met many people--all the data we have suggests that sin

Surveys show overwhelming popularity among single-payer systems. The parent poster doesn't need to have met many people--all the data we have suggests that single-payer is very popular. As for the "wealth transfer" stuff, well, yes, that's what society is. The idea that we're all somehow making money in isolation and in a vacuum (some more, some less), and the government can only interfere with that activity, was in vogue for a while but seems to be falling out of favor, I think, because it doesn't actually describe reality. Reality is, we all live in a society we all share, and when someone comes out on top, the answer isn't "ok, you're rich, you won the game, and screw everyone else," the answer is, "ok, you're rich, now you have a greater responsibility to everyone else." Behold, society!