So Republicans haven't passed one piece of major legislation yet (and they still haven't)

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sc94597 said:

vivster said:

Lol. Is that joke? 3% is nothing. Might as pay nothing at all, this amount covers nothing. Bump it up to 10% and force employers to pay 10% to match it then we can start talking.

Healthcare is expensive, act like it.

Yeah, not goning to happen. Half the country doesn't pay income taxes with respect to benefits recieved. You think they are going to vote for 3.5 - 7% of their income to be taken from them? Working and middle-class Americans are adverse to paying taxes and they're not going to do it so that the 10%  of the population (21% of whom are immigrants) can gain health-care coverage. Any political party that would vote to raise a 3.5 - 7% tax on all Americans would be instantly voted out in the next election. Americans only want state-provided goods if they aren't the one's being taxed. 

Consider also that the supermajority of Americans are satisfied with their healthcare, and the numbers have only gone down (slightly) since the ACA. The least satisfied happen to be Republicans. 

http://www.gallup.com/poll/195605/americans-satisfaction-healthcare-system-edges-down.aspx

 

Satisfaction With the U.S. Healthcare System, by Insurance Type

Of course it's not going to happen. The US is a very hostile climate for taxes and regulation thanks to decades of propaganda from businesses and the politicians they paid.

Satisfaction rates are a joke. They should be at 98% and higher. It's called universal healthcare, so if a whooping 25% are not satisfied with healthcare or simply can not afford it, it's a failed system. Democracy is nice and all but a country should strive to satisfy 100% of its citizens and not just a simple majority.

The country is still running and will continue to run just fine thanks to its economic position in the world but as far as social care and regulations to protect people are concerned it's a failed state and a justified laughing stock of the rest of 1st world countries.

It's sad to see and at the same time infuriating when the same country is constantly claiming superiority over everyone else while it can't even properly provide for all its citzens.