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The United States is the richest country in the history of the world, and there is no competition. Second place is the U.S. last year; third place is either the
by hackuser 10y ago
The United States is the richest country in the history of the world, and there is no competition. Second place is the U.S. last year; third place is either the U.S. in 2014 or 2007 ...
The debate should be long over. Every person in the U.S. should have,
1) Food
2) Shelter
3) Education
4) Health care
The country can easily afford it. To leave people suffering for whatever political ideology or greed or other rationalization is absurd. It's time to stop wasting resources debating it and juggling the consequences, and time for the world's wealthiest nation to start delivering to its citizens.
- Houshalter 10y agoBut we are giving them free lunches and education. The poor get lots of subsidies in the US. I ideally would like a basic income, but it currently isn't affordable.
- hackuser 10y agoI disagree; it is affordable. Again, the richest nation in the history of the world, by a long shot.
- Houshalter 10y agoI remember someone did a calculation of how much basic income we could have if we taxed corporate profits at 100%. And it would be like $6000 person. Which is not that much.
- flubert 10y agoI can't help but think of: "...takes an accepted moral principle, adopts it as its own, and then accuses mainstream society of violating that principle."
- gohrt 10y agorichest per capita? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_GDP_(PPP)_per_capita https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_GDP_(PPP)...
- hackuser 10y agoThis is getting off-topic, but those with higher GDP per capita are generally special cases: Tiny, lots of oil wealth, and Switzerland is a magnet for the wealthy (if I understand their situation correctly). A few exceptions doesn't change my point. Also, here is total annual income (GDP): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_GDP_%28nominal%29 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_GDP_%28no... And by accumulated wealth: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_wealth https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_wealth However you measure it, the U.S. can't cry poverty when it comes to providing essentials to its citizens.