Oh don't know, with wages basically flat for decades, the people would very likely be much better off having taken home the tens of trillions they didn't. In t

Oh don't know, with wages basically flat for decades, the people would very likely be much better off having taken home the tens of trillions they didn't. In that scenario, we would be talking about a small number of people, and the word unnecessary would be much harder to support. That real grind matters. Without it, even more of us are worse off. I agree it is a math problem, but disagree on framing it in immediate terms and in mere dollar terms. Just insuring everyone can see the doctor costs the nation less and makes more of the dollars earned liquid. There are a lot of things we can do to improve on the struggle. That does not have to mean dollars paid directly to people.