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The USA is very redistributive, but is less efficient in doing so in many ways than other countries. For example the health care system in america is significa
by mahyarm 11y ago
The USA is very redistributive, but is less efficient in doing so in many ways than other countries.
For example the health care system in america is significantly less economically efficient then the health care system of Canada, which causes a lot of human misery in the USA.
To 'redistribute' wealth, you don't have to directly take money in the form of taxes and directly give it to others. You can also redistribute wealth with 2nd order effects such as rent control, or limiting the supply of doctors through unrelated expensive requirements and so on. Much of the economic inefficiency in the US's health care system comes from these 2nd order policies.
So am I leftist if I want the US to adopt single payer health care and to cut a lot of it's negative 2nd order policies? Or am I conservative/libertarian for wanting it?