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democratisphere

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3. I don't think you understand.

Reply to Recursion (Original post)

Mon Nov 11, 2019, 03:46 AM

Nov 2019

The US is currently running massive annual deficits and accumulating greater and greater national debt. The US ALREADY spends one hell of a lot more than it takes in. The buying power of the US dollar continues to erode while the price of everything continues to rise. The problem with US healthcare and college is the price gouging cost which keeps going up. We have become the most corrupt nation on Earth and I don't see anything changing anytime soon, if ever. NOTHING is ever free as someone or something has to pay for it.

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We don't really even need to tax the rich to have public healthcare and free college [View all] Recursion Nov 2019 OP

Obama tried to give tens of millions of Americans access to affordable insurance and the right NCLefty Nov 2019 #1

Big insurance fought it most to protect the for-profit wealthcare of corprats. CousinIT Nov 2019 #20

We have a system that is about profits and not people, because corporations own our lawmakers. Doodley Nov 2019 #2

I don't think you understand. democratisphere Nov 2019 #3

Defense spending and recent tax cuts ArizonaLib Nov 2019 #13

Agreed. TANSTAAFL nonsense. MarcA Nov 2019 #26

A much healthier, more educated populace would go a long way toward mitigating those realities. Garrett78 Nov 2019 #14

Warren, who is an economist, understands it won't pay for itself. Hence, she says she will raise emmaverybo Nov 2019 #4

The controversy is in BlueMTexpat Nov 2019 #5

I am addressing the money question only. But M4All is not going to happen. We can expand emmaverybo Nov 2019 #6

Certainly not, BlueMTexpat Nov 2019 #8

Yep. A lot of people are against running on it and shaming them is not going to change their emmaverybo Nov 2019 #9

Fighting any GOPer plans to gut BlueMTexpat Nov 2019 #10

Oh honestly. No attempt to shame you. Sorry if it came across that way. The tears emoji should have emmaverybo Nov 2019 #21

You express a very reasoned approach. I personally Laura PourMeADrink Nov 2019 #22

We also need price controls Dirty Socialist Nov 2019 #7

Reign in the MIC and there'd be plenty of money for our real necessities. Magoo48 Nov 2019 #11

No, that's my point: there's *already* plenty of money Recursion Nov 2019 #12

Yes, agreed, I misunderstood your point. 😐 sorry Magoo48 Nov 2019 #16

Excellent point and I have thought about that often - the Laura PourMeADrink Nov 2019 #23

True. Okies (red state) are the most charitable, giving people - as long as... Beartracks Nov 2019 #27

I agree. This isn't about money so much as culture. Garrett78 Nov 2019 #15

Not to delve into the primaries, but Yang talks about that Recursion Nov 2019 #17

Most other public health systems around the world pay doctors less... Sancho Nov 2019 #18

Yes, that's solid info, which makes telling people THEY won't to Hortensis Nov 2019 #19

We don't, you're right. We just WhiteTara Nov 2019 #24

No, I mean, we literally don't need to reduce the military budget by anything. Literally nothing. Recursion Nov 2019 #25