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nabla9 said: "Inequality is best addressed by free healthcare, education and direct money transfers". To which you replied "Nonsense" and demanded more drastic
by cousin_it 7y ago
nabla9 said: "Inequality is best addressed by free healthcare, education and direct money transfers". To which you replied "Nonsense" and demanded more drastic measures, otherwise healthcare and education won't help. But now you say healthcare and education are what matters. I'm confused.
- jacquesm 7y agoIt was nabla9 missing the point the article advocates for reallocating resources to where they have the most economic effect: the big agglomerations. Providing free (but crappy) healthcare and education will not close the divide thus created. So these things are not going to be solved without capable people in places that are behind already. You need good healthcare and good education at the same cost as in the big cities to make it make sense. If the price is free then so much the better but first and foremost this is a discussion about quality. For example: in a certain third world country healthcare may be free. But all the good doctors have left for the United States because that's where they get paid the most. So now the locals have 'free healthcare' but it doesn't really help them. They probably would like access to better and affordable healthcare.