114
Now do university funding, and universal healthcare, since we obviously have money to go around.
Medicare for All is cheaper than our current system so we would actually have more money for university funding.
Based reality
Our ROI in terms of $/patient outcome is insanely bad lol
...says you.
Signed,
Shareholders
Cheaper for who? Not the medical insurance companies, private, for profit, hospitals and large pharmaceutical companies. You know those that can afford to lobby the government to keep their profits high by fucking over everyone else...
The US could halve medical spending per capita, use all the money saved to increase defense spending, and still have a better healthcare system with better health outcomes.
It's a false dichotomy to suggest that the US has to choose between more defense spending or better healthcare/education. Better healthcare costs a lot less in much of the developed world.
To give you an idea, the US spends THREE times as much on healthcare per capita as South Korea. You vastly outspend Switzerland and Norway, and they're significantly richer than Americans, with very high wages. Their per capita GDP is up to 25% higher than that of the US.
I did the maths, and if the US spent the same as South Korea does on healthcare, America would save roughly 2.4 trillion dollars. In other words, the US could double its military spending, and still have more than enough to offer every American better healthcare and better education.
Sorry no can do, we just increased the military budget so we don't have money for completely unnecessary and wasteful things like.... Education?
Raytheon isn't going to make money on its own now is it!? Be a patriot! Bombs for Billionaires! We have to do our part to help them afford another private island!
Education is not just unnecessary and wasteful, it is activity harmful. What you want the masses to understand how fucked they are and be able to build and vote for a better future!?! Crazy! No keep them dumb and easily distracted so the rich and powerful can stay on top.
/s
First time?
an increase of $28 billion over last year.
"How are we gonna pay for that?"
--exactly zero of the 'fiscal responsibility' politicians that consistently get in the way of your tax money being spent on things you need
they also renewed fisa. I hope they all lose the next election.
They were always gonna renew it. Just a matter of what bill it got tagged along with.
they don't get a pass for that.
Does it include Ukraine? Or are they still waiting on that?
this post was submitted on 14 Dec 2023
114 points (99.1% liked)
News
39069 readers
1892 users here now
Welcome to the News community!
Rules:
1. Be civil
Attack the argument, not the person. No racism/sexism/bigotry. Good faith argumentation only. This includes accusing another user of being a bot or paid actor. Trolling is uncivil and is grounds for removal and/or a community ban. Do not respond to rule-breaking content; report it and move on.
2. All posts should contain a source (url) that is as reliable and unbiased as possible and must only contain one link.
Obvious biased sources will be removed at the mods’ discretion. Supporting links can be added in comments or posted separately but not to the post body. Sources may be checked for reliability using Wikipedia, MBFC, AdFontes, GroundNews, etc.
3. No bots, spam or self-promotion.
Only approved bots, which follow the guidelines for bots set by the instance, are allowed.
4. Post titles should be the same as the article used as source. Clickbait titles may be removed.
Posts which titles don’t match the source may be removed. If the site changed their headline, we may ask you to update the post title. Clickbait titles use hyperbolic language and do not accurately describe the article content. When necessary, post titles may be edited, clearly marked with [brackets], but may never be used to editorialize or comment on the content.
5. Only recent news is allowed.
Posts must be news from the most recent 30 days.
6. All posts must be news articles.
No opinion pieces, Listicles, editorials, videos, press releases, or celebrity gossip will be allowed. All posts will be judged on a case-by-case basis. Mods may use discretion to pre-approve videos or press releases from highly credible sources that provide unique, newsworthy content not available or possible in another format.
7. No duplicate posts.
If an article has already been posted, it will be removed. Different articles reporting on the same subject are permitted. If the post that matches your post is very old, we refer you to rule 5.
8. Misinformation is prohibited.
Misinformation / propaganda is strictly prohibited. Any comment or post containing or linking to misinformation will be removed. If you feel that your post has been removed in error, credible sources must be provided.
9. No link shorteners or news aggregators.
All posts must link to original article sources. You may include archival links in the post description. News aggregators such as Yahoo, Google, Hacker News, etc. should be avoided in favor of the original source link. Newswire services such as AP, Reuters, or AFP, are frequently republished and may be shared from other credible sources.
10. Don't copy entire article in your post body
For copyright reasons, you are not allowed to copy an entire article into your post body. This is an instance wide rule, that is strictly enforced in this community.
founded 3 years ago
MODERATORS