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But the 'rest of us' can only gain for as long as those people stick around to pay for it. There is a lot of wealth in this country, for now. If you wanna reall
by luxuryballs 9y ago
But the 'rest of us' can only gain for as long as those people stick around to pay for it. There is a lot of wealth in this country, for now. If you wanna really see things go down hill then watch the wealth scramble out of the country as soon as we tell them they're going to have to fund the healthcare of everyone else.
- cortesoft 9y agoI was talking about people making money off of the health care industry, not wealthy people in general. We aren't asking them to fund the healthcare of everyone else, just not make profit off of waste. Also, scramble out of the country.... where? There are very few places they can 'run off to' that don't already have a single payer health care system. People don't seem to be 'fleeing' those countries.
- luxuryballs 9y agoThose countries have way less population who can't contribute. The US is huge, there's so many more people who need healthcare but don't pay any taxes.
- cortesoft 9y agoWhy would the absolute number of people who don't pay taxes matter? Wouldn't it be more about the percentage of people? It is not easier for 100 people to support 1 than 1000 to support 10...