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this is a very poor point. People who want to take risks prefer to take additional risks which can be prevented by cooperating with other people through a socia

this is a very poor point. People who want to take risks prefer to take additional risks which can be prevented by cooperating with other people through a social security system? Also, your health is not a calculated risk. Having a poor health (sometimes) just happens, even if your lifestyle is healthy. This also ignores the massive social problems that are taken for granted in the US because of its non existant healthcare system for the poor.

ur-whale 8y ago
People who like to take risks very rarely enjoy the kind of straight-jacket social environment you find in Western European societies. Therefore, they leave for greener pastures. Government mandated social security is an extremely inefficient way of managing health care. As an added evil it puts a giant drag on how fast companies can move. But in Europe, try to dare to even mention the idea that centralized government mandated social security is terrible and you're immediately ignored because people think you're an immoral person. And social metrics be damned. Just another example of Europeans living withing the confines of carefully built and maintained mental prisons.
- ginko 8y ago
  >Government mandated social security is an extremely inefficient way of managing health care. Yeah, just look how efficient the US healthcare system is: https://www.economicshelp.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/total-spending-per-capita.png https://www.economicshelp.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/tot...