The Coming Obamacare Shock for 170 Million Americans

[the2real4mafol]

SlayerRondo said:

the2real4mafol said:

Mr Puggsly said:

the2real4mafol said:
Should of just funded the healthcare with taxes like the UK. You lot are only paying for a bloated army right now, a couple wars and some fascist mass spying organisations. Good priority of American government with so many in poverty!

American Poverty = Living in better conditions than most of the world with an opportunity to get out of poverty

Tell that to the poor in places like Detroit, Chicago or LA or any big city. If you're born poor you are likely to stay poor unless very lucky. Being poor is a bit of a disadvantage to doing well in the current system. And if American federal government ensured just two things, they would make things alot better for people. $15 minimum wage and a tax funded health service. Hell the money saved from eliminating the free market from core parts of healthcare would save alot of money for all.

Why else does the US spend 17% of GDP on health while European countries with a NHS style system or a mixed public/ private healthcare system spend around 8 to 10% of GDP. It certaintly adds up and its nice to known I can get treatment if I needed it without worrying about the cost.  

Being born poor in the current system is a disadvantage in any part of the country and sadly people look to government for a solution to these problems. Government restrictions on labor in the forms of licenses, minimum wage and other regulatory burdens make it near impossible for those without wealthy parents and government priveleges to work their way up.

There's one thing governments should do more but don't do enough. That is to promote and encourage small and local businesses by tax breaks and such. Smaller businesses encourage greater competition and better quality goods. Unfortuantely, regulation stifles this as you said so I don't know what to say. I feel some regulations like minimum wage, hours and working condition regulations to be necessary but others like the extensive 'health and safety' rules to be over the top but it makes common sense to not expect a small business to be able to sustain similar regulations as corporations and stay afloat.

Doublethink, maybe! lol  (sorry, i read george orwell's 1984 recently)