Some perspective on healthcare
I know, for some people, this may seem boring. It is a political post, so if that's not your cup of tea, best head out now!
So why health care? Well, I hold the conviction that health care should be guaranteed to all people, fundamentally. Speaking to many people, however, I get a lot of financial blow back. "How will we pay for it!?" and "Shall we socialize everything?" I think a lot of this has to do with this solely Americanized idealism relating to "Privatized" growth, care, business, economy and defense. A large amount of people seem to hold fast to this, under the expectation that capitalism always rights the ship. Following along that vein, they put more stock and weight in the words and actions of the wealthy and therefore find them more deserving. "They pulled themselves up by their bootstraps, and made the American dream their own by sheer force of will, strength of character and a healthy work ethic!".
I could quote stats about inherited wealth. I could lay out for you the skyrocketing growth of those wealthy few at the top (So far this year, Amazon's Jeff Bezos has made between 30 and 40 billion dollars. Billion, with a B. That's more than the entire net worth of a vast majority of individual billionaires in this country) and the effects this has on our economy, but we'd still come back to the question or belief that they earned it. They shouldn't be held back simply because they became successful, should they?
I have no problem with success. I encourage it. People should be able and allowed to attain as much money as they want. My problem is, how are they doing it? Laws in our country unfairly favor the rich- and law should be just and fair. Tax proposals favor the wealthy, giving massive tax cuts to less than 1% of the wealthiest people alive. Congress moves to pass bills that take money away from programs that help the poor and give money back to the rich. At the same time, they get free health care. They get paid their wages for life, even if they retire. They shield themselves from the very things they want us to have.
How does this factor into health care? Easy.
Because they are so unfairly gifted money under law, we should tax a small percentage of the wealthiest Americans to pay for healthcare that those whom the law forgets. "Well why should they?" you might ask. I pay corporate subsidies taxes. I paid for the Iraq war. I paid for the bank bailout. I paid for the auto bailout. You can pay too. I'm not talking about people who make 100,000 a year. Or 200,000. Or 500,000. People who make FIVE MILLION or more should be included. This country only works when everyone pays a fair share. If I make 100,000 a year and the government takes 30% of it, someone like Jeff Bezos shouldn't make 36 BILLION and not pay a dime.
In what universe is paying for all things off the backs of the poor and middle class, cutting services that help them (while maintaining those services for yourself) and then profiting unceasingly okay? There were ways to pay for Iraq. For Afghanistan. There are ways to pay for the war in Korea many of you are wanting to fund over the recent ICBM launch. But it's "Impossible" to pay for people to be able to see a doctor no matter what?
Give me a break, hypocrites.
So why health care? Well, I hold the conviction that health care should be guaranteed to all people, fundamentally. Speaking to many people, however, I get a lot of financial blow back. "How will we pay for it!?" and "Shall we socialize everything?" I think a lot of this has to do with this solely Americanized idealism relating to "Privatized" growth, care, business, economy and defense. A large amount of people seem to hold fast to this, under the expectation that capitalism always rights the ship. Following along that vein, they put more stock and weight in the words and actions of the wealthy and therefore find them more deserving. "They pulled themselves up by their bootstraps, and made the American dream their own by sheer force of will, strength of character and a healthy work ethic!".
I could quote stats about inherited wealth. I could lay out for you the skyrocketing growth of those wealthy few at the top (So far this year, Amazon's Jeff Bezos has made between 30 and 40 billion dollars. Billion, with a B. That's more than the entire net worth of a vast majority of individual billionaires in this country) and the effects this has on our economy, but we'd still come back to the question or belief that they earned it. They shouldn't be held back simply because they became successful, should they?
I have no problem with success. I encourage it. People should be able and allowed to attain as much money as they want. My problem is, how are they doing it? Laws in our country unfairly favor the rich- and law should be just and fair. Tax proposals favor the wealthy, giving massive tax cuts to less than 1% of the wealthiest people alive. Congress moves to pass bills that take money away from programs that help the poor and give money back to the rich. At the same time, they get free health care. They get paid their wages for life, even if they retire. They shield themselves from the very things they want us to have.
How does this factor into health care? Easy.
Because they are so unfairly gifted money under law, we should tax a small percentage of the wealthiest Americans to pay for healthcare that those whom the law forgets. "Well why should they?" you might ask. I pay corporate subsidies taxes. I paid for the Iraq war. I paid for the bank bailout. I paid for the auto bailout. You can pay too. I'm not talking about people who make 100,000 a year. Or 200,000. Or 500,000. People who make FIVE MILLION or more should be included. This country only works when everyone pays a fair share. If I make 100,000 a year and the government takes 30% of it, someone like Jeff Bezos shouldn't make 36 BILLION and not pay a dime.
In what universe is paying for all things off the backs of the poor and middle class, cutting services that help them (while maintaining those services for yourself) and then profiting unceasingly okay? There were ways to pay for Iraq. For Afghanistan. There are ways to pay for the war in Korea many of you are wanting to fund over the recent ICBM launch. But it's "Impossible" to pay for people to be able to see a doctor no matter what?
Give me a break, hypocrites.
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