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The collapse of the Soviet Union has left the world with "only one way" and the drift into privatization have accelerated since. But even the people in the US
by jahaja 6y ago
The collapse of the Soviet Union has left the world with "only one way" and the drift into privatization have accelerated since.
But even the people in the US have been in favour of some sort of universal health care since well before USSR collapsed but still haven't been able to "vote in" people supporting that. So it's a pretty strange argument to make.
- rayiner 6y ago"People" in the U.S. support lots of things in the abstract, until you force them to think about the trade-offs involved in actual policies. People might support universal healthcare, but nobody wants to pay the taxes to pay for it. Which is why Sanders promises not to raise taxes on people making below $250,000 (!). Biden beat Sanders because a large number of Democrats are actually quite conservative (especially people of color, who are often in the Democratic Party for reasons unrelated to economic policies). Biden, who doesn't support Medicare for All, and promises not to raise taxes on people making below $400,000 (!!). It is literally impossible to keep both promises (and people know it).
- jahaja 6y agoThere's a lot of things included in western Europe's high taxes. Not just universal health care. The US sets a very low bar overall. At the same time, however, the US somehow always affords to fund massive wars and armies through its taxes.