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Senior citizens get Medicare SSN, impoverished get Medicaid. The military contractors make money from the military. I pay for a private school because it's the
by aprilthird2021 2y ago
Senior citizens get Medicare SSN, impoverished get Medicaid. The military contractors make money from the military. I pay for a private school because it's the only single-sex option.
Sure, I get transportation and infrastructure. So do a whole ton of countries. We are the wealthiest country in the world. If all the average person will get is transportation and infrastructure, it can be improved from what it currently is.
- JackYoustra 2y agoSS and healthcare are the two most expensive parts and will likely always be, and the nature of healthcare is the average won't see anywhere near the amount of money they're spending. The social choice we've come to is we'll spend the money anyway because it's (in general) morally repulsive to let (most) medically-addressible suffering go on for want of money, so I'm not sure how we can get around that.
- aprilthird2021 2y agoI'm not against paying for SS and Medicare, but there are tons of changes we could make that would benefit average Americans.
- JackYoustra 2y agoWhat are some you have in mind?
- aprilthird2021 2y agoDecrease foreign aid. Instead of $25+B to Israel (just an example, sure there are tons of others), we can keep the money for ourselves.