> So more money goes to doctors, who are in the top 10%? https://www.forbes.com/sites/merrillmatthews/2015/01/05/doctors-face-a-huge-medicare-and-medicaid-pay-

> So more money goes to doctors, who are in the top 10%? https://www.forbes.com/sites/merrillmatthews/2015/01/05/doctors-face-a-huge-medicare-and-medicaid-pay-cut-in-2015/#6c592b343173 https://www.forbes.com/sites/merrillmatthews/2015/01/05/doct... > Medicare, which provides health coverage for seniors, pays doctors, on average, about 80 percent of what private health insurance pays. However, Medicaid, which provides health coverage for the poor, pays a much lower rate, about 56 percent. Imagine that sort of downward pressure on prices and how that would enable the poor to help educate their children, etc. It isn't always about cutting down the wealthy. Sometimes it is just about improving the quality of life so the bottom suffers less. You are seriously arguing Doctors are eager for a 20-44% paycut per hour worked. Please donate 44% of your income to charity for the rest of your life if you believe this is the case. Beyond whatever contributions you make now. I will believe you if you do it. > So more money to MTA workers making $100/hour: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/28/nyregion/new-york-subway-... https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/28/nyregion/new-york-subway-.... http://work.chron.com/much-highway-construction-workers-make-10559.html http://work.chron.com/much-highway-construction-workers-make... > About 197,920 construction workers were involved in highway construction, as of May 2011, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. They earned a mean $45,940 per year, or $22.09 per hour. The largest number of jobs belonged to the 73,490 construction labors who averaged an annual $38,030, or $18.28 per hour. https://www.infrastructurereportcard.org/cat-item/dams/ https://www.infrastructurereportcard.org/cat-item/dams/ To claim it has anything to do with the pay scale of subway workers is absurd. > So more money to privileged, highly-educated folks who are in the top 10%? Basic research is about growing the pie of opportunity for everyone and the fact it is not normally rewarded in a capitalistic society. Do you genuinely believe technological growth has not improved life for everyone? > This is my point. Politics in the U.S. is a battle between the top 1% (represented by the Republicans), and the top 10% (represented by the Democrats). This spending won't reduce the inequality the article is talking about. No. It is a battle between the economic interests of the 1%'s vs. literally everyone else. http://www.igmchicago.org/surveys/tax-reform-2 http://www.igmchicago.org/surveys/tax-reform-2 Independent economists whose paychecks are not cut by people with political agendas rated the latest "1%" plan 1 in favor, 37 against.