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It boggles my mind, that a country with the most billionaires still has not addressed gun laws and universal healthcare.
by pwaai 9y ago
It boggles my mind, that a country with the most billionaires still has not addressed gun laws and universal healthcare.
- vixen99 9y agoIt seems you're assuming a causal connection between the existence of billionaires and the issues you mention else why would the statistic boggle you? But what is the connection? Is this a plea for equality of disposable income?
- pwaai 9y agowell the US is the richest country in the world is it not? reflected by having the most amount of high net worth billionaires? is raising the safety net for the citizens of a rich country that other poorer country have such an existential and threatening notion? you used the term, plea to describe such safety nets, which is a request made in an urgent and emotional manner. So you recognize that these are the voices of desperate people but still deny their rights.
- refurb 9y agoSure the US has addressed gun laws. It has maintained that firearm ownership is an individual right and the laws reflect that.
- pwaai 9y agoI see you ran with a different notion of what I meant by "addressed". I'm certain victims of mass shootings will beg to differ. Individuals also have a right to not be deceased or live in fear of mass shooters whom you are right, has been addressed with individual right to carry. Having laws that favor one side heavily is not a standard for 'addressed'. Take a look at Australia, that is proper 'addressing' the issue.
- refurb 9y agoMy reply is your position on what "addressed" means is no more correct than mine.
- pjc50 9y agoOther way round: it's not surprising that a country with terrible consumer protection has high inequality. Easy to get rich if you're taking a percentage off all those multiple thousand dollar births or multiple hundred dollar guns.