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They decided that a long time ago with healthcare. If you're rich, you get better hospital service. If you're rich, airports are nicer.
by cryptoz 15y ago
They decided that a long time ago with healthcare. If you're rich, you get better hospital service. If you're rich, airports are nicer.
- brown9-2 15y agoWho is "they" in this case? Because what we have now is one half of the government trying to make healthcare more equitable, and the other half vehemently fighting that.
- TheFuture 15y agoIf you're rich, you get a better car too. Not really the same thing. You don't have a constitutional right to fly on an airplane. You ARE supposed to be protected from unreasonable searches though. If $100 means that you no longer need to be frisked/scanned, when then that kinda proves that those are unreasonable searches, they certainly are unnecessary.
- Zak 15y agoHospital services are not provided by the government; airports are. * It seems reasonable to be able to pay the airline more for better treatment by the airline (first class, lounges, etc...). * It seems moderately unreasonable to be able to pay extra (either directly or through the airline) for shorter lines at the checkpoint (first class lines). * It seems entirely unreasonable to be able to pay extra to avoid safety procedures, as I'm sure a terrorist organization with global reach can find an accomplice who can pass a background check. Either the intrusive screening procedures are necessary or they're not. Things that inconvenience the rich tend to get changed. Consider public transportation in most large European cities compared to most large US cities. The rich do not ride the bus in Miami. This is an attempt to avoid the change by making the system more convenient for the rich without fixing it for anyone else.