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Some people would disagree with you. I believe military and defense spending should actually be one of the only role of governments. Leave healthcare and educat
by lorenzorhoades 10y ago
Some people would disagree with you. I believe military and defense spending should actually be one of the only role of governments. Leave healthcare and education to industry. Let the free market decide the curriculum, teachers salaries, and come up with innovative ways of teaching. I see no reason Khan academy shouldn't be allowed to teach our children. Since when did it become common place to allow a government to come up with a path of study, and make it mandatory to send your kid to for 13 years? As governments slowly accept more and more social programs, the government balloons. Value produced slowly stops representing capital. In germany, where social programs are abundant you get a lot of leeches on the economy. Very long unemployment timeframes, with reltively good pay, Full health coverage, unlimited sick time if you have a doctors note. In a system that can be "gamed", there will be a large amount of people who do so.
- c22 10y agoI don't believe there are systems that can't be gamed. Given that assumption it's probably better to decide policy based on actual results. In places where social programs are abundant you have fewer suffering individuals, it seems healthier to count that as a win and not get hung up on the (truly rather small) percentage of people potentially gaming the system.
- wldcordeiro 10y agoSeems like the comment you're replying to is fine with our system that can be gamed by those at the top but is afraid of gaming by those at the bottom.
- ruleabidinguser 10y agoI think thats pretty unfair of you and it doesnt seem like thats what they were saying actually