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Social Security is simple: we take 4% of GDP and cut checks to old people. Whatever the economy's like 40 years from now, you can always take 4% and cut checks
by chrismealy 13y ago
Social Security is simple: we take 4% of GDP and cut checks to old people. Whatever the economy's like 40 years from now, you can always take 4% and cut checks to old people. Nobody ever worries about paying for the military 40 years from now.
As for health care costs, all America has to do is copy literally any other rich country's health care system. They all cost half as much or less per capita.
- sp332 13y ago>all America has to do is copy literally any other rich country's health care system This sounds incredibly smug, and it's not helpful.
- mangala 13y agoPlain truth shouldn't be interpreted as smug.
- d23 13y agoHow about it's a silly, shallow argument. Want to fix any problem? Copy another country's solution! It completely ignores the cultural and political hurdles that are involved.
- fjk 13y agoIt's not an apples to apples comparison though. The US can't "just implement" the same health care systems that are up and running in other nations because we differ from a those nations in a lot of ways. PBS NewsHour sums up a few reasons here[1]. That being said, our current health care system is broken and needs to be addressed. I'm not convinced ObamaCare is a good solution, but at least the issue is being tackled. [1] http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rundown/2012/10/seven-factors-driving-your-health-care-costs.html http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rundown/2012/10/seven-factors-dr...
- chrismealy 13y agoNo, it is helpful, because it's true. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Not_invented_here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Not_invented_here
- sp332 13y agoWow, no one has ever noticed that health care in Europe is cheaper than the US! Why don't we just sweep the entrenched interests aside, convince congressmen to throw away billions of dollars to their constituencies, and scale up a European system from a completely different regulatory environment to cover an order of magnitude more people? It's so simple! /s