Pemalite said:
Snoopy said:
Free enterprise doesn't, that's why there is so much strict rules regarding who gets to practice medicine even for the basic things. Not to mention the government closed all competition for medicine.
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Sure. Ignore all the lobby groups who pay off your politicians to get things their way.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pharmaceutical_lobby#Political_influence_in_the_United_States
Snoopy said:
No, Australia cost of living is extremely high. It was close to the top 10 expensive countries to live in.
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The USA is also in the top 10.
http://worldpopulationreview.com/countries/most-expensive-countries-to-live-in/
I don't think you fully get it though... How expensive a country to live in has absolutely zero bearing on their quality of healthcare.
You are conflating two separate issues and pretending it's one.
Remember we spend less GDP per capita on Healthcare, if anything that means potentially less taxes, not the opposite.
Snoopy said:
Higher standard of living in what exactly? Paying a lot more for the same products?
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A few indexes actually... Such as the "where to be born". - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Where-to-be-born_Index
A good list can be found here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Standard_of_living
Sydney, Melbourne, Perth and Adelaide also tends to rank higher on quality of living than any American cities as well.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercer_Quality_of_Living_Survey
But here: https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2016/07/these-countries-have-the-highest-quality-of-life
As for the expense of products... With Tariffs now being rolled out in the USA, you better get used to higher pricing... But guess what, your dollar has higher purchasing power and your nation has shit minimum wage, so it's going to be a bigger hit to the pocket than ours.
Plus our working and lower classes aren't stagnant either... Our minimum wage of $18.93 per hour certainly helps... So who cares if we pay an extra dollar for toilet paper? We can actually afford it.
Snoopy said:
False, welfare is a trap that leads people down the road of misery.
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Nope. That is absolutely false.
Welfare can also help economically, we have businesses here that geared their business to welfare recipients and profited greatly from it...
For example: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-03-20/radio-rentals-reaps-$90-million-in-centrelink-payments/6333690
Almost half of their revenue came from welfare, not a bad effort.
If your welfare system is a trap that leads people down a road of misery, then your welfare system is probably garbage and needs an overhaul, welfare is there to help the most vulnerable, those who are most in need, there needs to be checks and balances to ensure the system isn't being abused however...
Because here our welfare system will assist people with training/education, drug tests and ensures people are looking for work... And soon if someone has a history of abuse like gambling they may be placed on a welfare card which has a whitelist of where the income can be spent.
It's no wonder we have less homeless.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_homeless_population
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Now that I have provided citations for everything, I expect you to do the same going forward.
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Australia ranked Second in what exactly? Being too expensive to live in maybe (9th currently http://worldpopulationreview.com/countries/most-expensive-countries-to-live-in/). The United States is actually relatively cheap, especially in Republican states. It just certain States like New York and California that is way too expensive because of the democrats in their want of big government. When the government leaves the industries alone, it gets cheaper. Look at Lasik eye surgery and how much cheaper it got when the government-backed off. Also, bringing up lobbyist is exactly proving my point that the federal government will screw the American people for money. So thank you for making my point again. That is why we shouldn't give them more power other than protecting us.
Minimum wage is for people who put in minimum effort, thus get what they deserve. Raising the minimum wage will increase our cost of living and force automation to replace their job. We have a low unemployment rate and we want to keep it that way, unlike Australia. We have a lot of homeless in mostly liberal areas that have a lot more government control, go figure.
Welfare is a trap because it incentivizes a lot of people to not work and live a depressing life knowing they aren't contributing to society. Also, a lot of welfare recipients end up resorting to criminal activities to make even more money and end up in jail.
