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How does any of this benefit your average American? The way I see it a broken bone or a pregnancy could very easily spell financial ruin for a whole family. Ed

How does any of this benefit your average American? The way I see it a broken bone or a pregnancy could very easily spell financial ruin for a whole family. Education costs are also off the charts! It's almost as if there are two ways to look at the economy of a country: one looks strictly at how the economy benefits the owners (not sure what the right word here is but I mean Bezos' of the America) and the other looks at the benefit the economy provides to the rest of the people.

hogFeast 7y ago
Ah yes, you are correct. I see it now. Capitalism is weak and decadent. An all-turnip diet will benefit the average American. All power to the Soviets, all power to automotive factory no. 6, all power to our glorious leader, the turnip will bring the heal. The reason you are having this issue is precisely because you are thinking in terms of your two ways: a gain for one group can only come at the expense of another. Ironically, the reason the US is successful (and the reason why some countries in Europe are successful) is because this isn't true. If you think this is true of the US, you have not seen a society where there is actually true (you are just angry because you think everyone should suffer as much as you...unf, this is a common aspect of human nature). Btw, Americans rarely understand the problems that come with other health systems. I am in the UK, I spoke to someone yesterday who has severe mental health problems and they are on a range of drugs...a couple of weeks ago, they turned up to the pharmacy...no drugs. No explanation. Nothing. No drugs. We don't have them. You will have to stop using them. Why? Drug shortages, this happens in the UK because the NHS can't afford to pay the same prices as other countries and the UK market is tiny so we get shortages when prices rise. And some expensive drugs just aren't provided at all. If you have a rare type of cancer, no drugs (we have one of the worst records for cancer survival amongst developed countries). If you have a rare type of epilepsy, no drugs. It is important to actually do the research and look at these issues properly rather than the usual "hurr, bad thing happen...must be dis" (I have a relative with such a condition, the "policy" of the NHS is not to treat her...that is a quote from a doctor, it isn't the policy of the NHS to cure a human being).

hogFeast 7y ago

Ah yes, you are correct. I see it now. Capitalism is weak and decadent. An all-turnip diet will benefit the average American. All power to the Soviets, all power to automotive factory no. 6, all power to our glorious leader, the turnip will bring the heal. The reason you are having this issue is precisely because you are thinking in terms of your two ways: a gain for one group can only come at the expense of another. Ironically, the reason the US is successful (and the reason why some countries in Europe are successful) is because this isn't true. If you think this is true of the US, you have not seen a society where there is actually true (you are just angry because you think everyone should suffer as much as you...unf, this is a common aspect of human nature). Btw, Americans rarely understand the problems that come with other health systems. I am in the UK, I spoke to someone yesterday who has severe mental health problems and they are on a range of drugs...a couple of weeks ago, they turned up to the pharmacy...no drugs. No explanation. Nothing. No drugs. We don't have them. You will have to stop using them. Why? Drug shortages, this happens in the UK because the NHS can't afford to pay the same prices as other countries and the UK market is tiny so we get shortages when prices rise. And some expensive drugs just aren't provided at all. If you have a rare type of cancer, no drugs (we have one of the worst records for cancer survival amongst developed countries). If you have a rare type of epilepsy, no drugs. It is important to actually do the research and look at these issues properly rather than the usual "hurr, bad thing happen...must be dis" (I have a relative with such a condition, the "policy" of the NHS is not to treat her...that is a quote from a doctor, it isn't the policy of the NHS to cure a human being).