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>...and we have plenty enough wealth to do it. Whose wealth?
by dmfdmf 8y ago
>...and we have plenty enough wealth to do it.
Whose wealth?
- 24gttghh 8y agoYours (if you are a US citizen), mine, the 1%, the other 99%...at least a government mandated reform of the private healthcare system should be able to enforce transparent pricing structures and fight graft.
- dmfdmf 8y agoSo everyone's wealth is free for the taking?
- DanBC 8y agoEveryone's wealth is already being taken, but spent in fucking weird ways. The US government pays more for healthcare than some other western countries, but gets worse outcomes across a range of measures.
- thrillgore 8y agoMy wealth is already being used to fight insurgents in parts of the world we have zero business being in.
- dmfdmf 8y agoThis is true but this is what follows if you (generic you, not you specifically) believe that the wealth of the US is some collective pot of gold to be spend on X. You don't like X but would rather it be spent on Y is not a fundamental change but a detail.
- 24gttghh 8y agoI merely gave a vague answer to a vague question. Allow me to be specific: The US has a progressive tax structure which could be put to better use taking care of it's own citizens instead of attacking the rest of the world, and letting mega-corporations subvert environmental protections.
- dmfdmf 8y agoIt wasn't vague and your reply demonstrates you knew exactly what I was talking about. The wealth of the US is not some collective pot of gold to be spent on X. It is owned by individuals and if you take it, spending on X is a mere detail. You are just arguing for Y instead of X.
- s73v3r_ 8y agoThat wealth was able to be generated due to everyone coming together to do things like spend on education, roads, fire protection, etc.