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I can think of two potential solutions: Single payer healthcare. At least governments are (at least somewhat) accountable to the people. Progressive wealth ta
by harimau777 2y ago
I can think of two potential solutions:
Single payer healthcare. At least governments are (at least somewhat) accountable to the people.
Progressive wealth taxes. It's possible that the only solution is for CEOs to be accountable to the general public. Currently, their wealth insulates them from normal methods of holding them accountable (e.g. loss of social standing, stores refusing to do business with them, etc.) so people turn to methods like shooting them. Perhaps if taxation made them more accountable then people would have other methods available.
- Manuel_D 2y agoHow does single payer healthcare solve problems? You point out that this means people can blame the government for poor quality service, but you don't actually explain how this will improve service. The murdered United Healthcare CEO wasn't even all that wealthy. IIRC he had something like 20 million. Way more than the average American, sure, but not even wealthy enough to be impacted by the wealth taxes proposed by Bernie Sanders. Compared to the likes of Musk or Thiel, his wealth was nothing.
- rickydroll 2y agoMost research into the outcomes of single-payer healthcare universal coverage systems shows that they deliver better patient outcomes for less money. I don't know how they give better service, and I'm not familiar with the oversight mechanisms, but the documented results are that they do. Wealth taxes are controversial. I suspect they should be based on a combination of aggregate wealth and financial transaction taxes. IMO, $20 million should have been enough to trigger a wealth tax.