mrstickball said:
SvennoJ said:
Yeah get rid of social security and health care, see how that works out.
Sure there are people that try to abuse the system, but it's not just there for entitlement. Free healthcare for all might actually be cheaper in the long run. Saves a hell of a lot of paperwork, and people don't postpone until it becomes an emergency.
How come corporate income tax is only 5%? Are there so few American based companies left?
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You do realize that Brazil (home of that picture) is a heavy regulated leftist state, right? Free health care in America wouldn't be cheaper. We have far deeper, systemic problems that drive up the cost of care that would still be there even if we had a universal-type health care system.
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Yes, and as far as I'm aware the heavily regulated leftist state is working to solve the problem and slowly making progress since 2003. Anyway besides the point, it was simply an illustration of what can happen without the government working to redistribute wealth.
You're right that simply changing to free health care in the USA would not solve the underlying problems. Cutting medicare spending won't solve them either, it would only help with the budget short term. Slow reform is the only option, something that's not a popular sell nowadays.
