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That’s not mutually exclusive. I don’t think a “real social security system” automatically fixes all other bad policy.
by amscanne 7y ago
That’s not mutually exclusive. I don’t think a “real social security system” automatically fixes all other bad policy.
- jessaustin 7y agoWe should try it anyway, because it might. If humans don't have to rely on employers, insurers, and creditors for their health, they have a lot more freedom to refuse the evil bargains offered by corporations. Much of the sickness of USA stems from our inability to say "no".
- TheOtherHobbes 7y agoI'm not sure why people are blaming the lockdown, when the problem is an economic system with massive private wealth hoarding and minimal public reserves which shows signs of falling apart within weeks when faced with an exogenous threat. The usual advice for people who are not on the breadline is to have at least a few months of reserves to spare. It seems we expect our national economies and business owners to operate less prudently than individual households, because we "can't afford" a more robust system. In fact we're more than capable of creating our own recessions/depressions without a threat. And while there seems to be some legitimate concern for the current victims of this recession/depression, it's interesting how little there was during previous downturns.
- jessaustin 7y agoI'm not sure why people are blaming the lockdown... This isn't strictly a logical question. We're told that we shouldn't let a crisis go to waste. Our opponents certainly don't.
- doyougnu 7y agoI completely agree with this. That anyone defends the current employee based health care system in the US is insane to me. The perverse incentives rife in such a system alone should eliminate it in any serious discussion as a viable way to provide healthcare to people.