vivster said:
The example you bring up is just as stupid as calling universal healthcare bad because it failed in the US. Let me fill you in on some secret. Social policies only work if they're applied UNIVERSALLY. Not on a state level, not on a class level or any other division that doesn't include 100% of the population of a country. That's why it works in Europe and Canada and that's why it doesn't work in the US. Not only is every try in the right direction terribly sabotaged by Republicans who gut the bills out as much as possible, but it's only ever insular and has giant loopholes. Insurance doesn't work if not everyone is paying into it. Especially people who DON'T need insurance right now. That's the whole basis of any insurance or any social policy. EVERYONE has to pay in. But that concept is apparently too hard to grasp for Americans and is the first thing that gets gutted in the process of implementing it. OF COURSE YOUR SHIT DOESN'T WORK IF YOU REMOVE ALL OF THE FUNCTIONING PARTS. Coincidentally also the exact same reason why gun control won't ever work in the US. Inequality exists because the naturally egotistic nature of humans strives for it. But everyone knows that. That's why we invented government and politics. Because most people are assholes and need to be reigned in. It's the government's sole job to work specifically against human urges in an attempt to achieve as much wealth for everyone as possible. Of course that doesn't work if the work of the government is constantly demonized and "taking from the rich" is considered a bad thing. You're talking absolute nonsense here. If what you said about poor people not wanting to work then Europe would have collapsed by now. In Germany everyone gets housing and basic welfare all sponsored by the government. The vast majority of unemployed people want to work to improve their live, even though they already get paid plenty to just live without working. Germany has an unemployment rate of 3%. How do you explain that in a country that cannot stop itself from sending loads of money to unemployed people. Basic income will become a necessity in the future but that's another topic with a lot more going on than just being a "social program". I'll leave you with this. |
Thats the issue right there. Its only in highly populated states where the is a severe need for theese social programs. Like I said in the previous post, california has 1/9 the US population but has 1/3 the poor of the US. Its disproportionate. Thats the point of the electoral college. So all the resources are not drained from smaller states to feed the bigger states for the issues they created.
And Ill give you that humans are naturally egotistical. As much as we evolved we still carry that in us to just horde as much as possible for ourselfs only. I dont think theres going to be a fix for that anytime soon.
As much as I dont believe that about germany, its great if true. Do you really believe that if we do the same as germany it will work just the same? We have 4x the population and a higher GDP per capita. It tends to be that the higher the population the lower the GDP per capita, so We must be doing something a lot better than germany.
Edit: Just wish there was a different response from a little criticism than being called a republican or far right.
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