Americans are not under taxed, our federal government has plenty of money for whatever social programs it might want to provide. Our money is spent instead on a bloated military and pointless pet projects. How many health insurance plans could you buy for the price of one submarine or drone?
Healthcare is privately bought and one of the things I’d like to shift to taxes.
It’s so much worse than just paying more than other countries - we leave something like 30% total comp on the table. Most people would literally make more money paying health care with taxes.
I’m not talking about salary. I’m talking about corporate profits. If you can’t envision that then I feel sorry for you. We already have 501c hospitals.
No, I don’t get it at all. No doctors offices, medical device suppliers, transportation companies, sanitation companies, laboratories, research facilities, therapists (physical and otherwise), nurses, catering companies, etc can’t make money?
How exactly do you see this as workable? Have you actually thought about this, or did it just sound good on the tweet you read?
I’m aware, but Americans are also dramatically under-taxed, and as a result most of our support structures are dramatically underfunded.
50k is below the third quintile so wouldn’t really be touched. Third quintiles starts at 61k.
Americans are not under taxed, our federal government has plenty of money for whatever social programs it might want to provide. Our money is spent instead on a bloated military and pointless pet projects. How many health insurance plans could you buy for the price of one submarine or drone?
We are very under-taxed as well as wasting money at most levels of government.
We have enough to pay for all the social programs you could ever want, how is that “under taxed”?
No we don’t.
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Healthcare is privately bought and one of the things I’d like to shift to taxes.
It’s so much worse than just paying more than other countries - we leave something like 30% total comp on the table. Most people would literally make more money paying health care with taxes.
Take it a step further and outlaw profiting off the sick and the problem takes care of itself.
The profit motive is the enemy of the people. It’s institutionalized greed and disgusting behavior that we reward.
“profiting off the sick” doesn’t make any sense. So we should ban doctors because they get paid? No medical device companies should exist?
Not sure I can support that concept.
I’m not talking about salary. I’m talking about corporate profits. If you can’t envision that then I feel sorry for you. We already have 501c hospitals.
What do you mean by “corporate profits?” Who is allowed to profit vs not?
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No, I don’t get it at all. No doctors offices, medical device suppliers, transportation companies, sanitation companies, laboratories, research facilities, therapists (physical and otherwise), nurses, catering companies, etc can’t make money?
How exactly do you see this as workable? Have you actually thought about this, or did it just sound good on the tweet you read?