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Large corporations donate heavily to both parties and absolutely get their money's worth. They don't cater heavily to poor people for votes. They use lies and
by mcdonje 1y ago
Large corporations donate heavily to both parties and absolutely get their money's worth.
They don't cater heavily to poor people for votes. They use lies and misinformation to get poor to vote against their interests.
If the poor were actually being catered to like you seem to think they are, they'd actually have their basic needs met.
Why are we stuck with Medicaid and Medicare instead of having universal healthcare? It's not cost. We're currently paying more than other rich countries (which answers your 'domonating government expenditures' comment). Because the status quo helps the rich.
- WalterBright 1y agoThat still doesn't explain why M, M and SS are the dominant expenditures of the government and are directed at poor people, but the rich don't benefit from them.
- mcdonje 1y agoIt touched on an explanation even though it didn't completely spell it out. You really think our broken healcare system is worse for rich people and corporations than single payer would be?
- WalterBright 1y ago> You really think our broken healcare system is worse for rich people and corporations than single payer would be? Single payer means perverse incentives endemic to socialism.
- mcdonje 1y agoYou got that backwards. The incentives are less perverse than what our system has. Why don't you consider letting companies leech off of us as a problem, but you roll out a boogie man word when someone proposes a situation where our money gets spent back on us?
- WalterBright 1y agoOur current system is far from free market.
- mcdonje 1y agoNot sure why you think I don't know that or why you think it supports your position more than mine.