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So, government regulation will lead to all bad things we see today in capitalism? But capitalism won't. This is not very sound logic.
by easywood 1mo ago
So, government regulation will lead to all bad things we see today in capitalism? But capitalism won't. This is not very sound logic.
- iamacyborg 1mo agoHey now, let’s not burst his utopic bubble.
- brightball 1mo agoTheory holds so far. Everything government involvement touches gets more expensive. See healthcare, college tuition, student loan debt as some easy examples.
- twalla 1mo agoThat’s odd because spend on all of those things per capita is consistently lower with better outcomes where they’re socialized.
- IneffablePigeon 1mo agoTwo of those are the same thing and both are much cheaper in countries other than the US where the government is much more involved
- throw0101a 1mo ago> See healthcare Medicare is cheaper that US private insurance: * https://www.kff.org/medicare/how-much-more-than-medicare-do-private-insurers-pay-a-review-of-the-literature/ https://www.kff.org/medicare/how-much-more-than-medicare-do-... Also: > A single-payer universal health care system could cover every American, save more than 100,000 lives a year, and still cost $1 trillion less than the system it would replace, according to a new preprint study led by researchers at the Yale School of Public Health. * https://ysph.yale.edu/news-article/universal-health-coverage-could-save-one-trillion-dollars-and-114000-lives-every-year/ https://ysph.yale.edu/news-article/universal-health-coverage...
- landgrave 1mo agoI would say 0/10 apply yourself, but somehow people are still replying