Sorry, why is it like what? I don't understand what you mean by moving the goal posts.

And I would rather it be the way it is. The difference is I won't use the state to force you to go with my plan, which is precisely what socialized medicine does. Also, I took the list directly from a Commonwealth Fund International report and see no need to make a distinction between medical necessities, luxuries, or anything else. The main point is they need supplemental insurance.

But who are the tax payers? Roughly 40% of Americans pay no income tax. According to the CBO, the top 20% of Americans pay about 84% of ALL taxes. Why is that fair? "You have to pay it in taxes" is a bad thing because so few people have to pay for all the things literally everyone uses.

I mean I get what you're saying, but you and the taxpayers pay for it. The cost doesn't just disappear.
Also, the list doesn't need to constrain itself to medical necessity. Dental care, rehabilitation services and home care, strictly speaking, aren't medical necessities.

Harry had the choice, I don't think the Dursley's could have stopped him.

It's something I'm passionate about... Also I couldn't sleep

The current U.S. gov health-care systems: Medicare, Medicad, VA, military, etc. already spend more per capita than most OECD nations. We are spending almost as high a percentage of GDP as every other country, just to cover a fraction of our population. The general theory of why government makes health care cheaper is that they receive discounts for buying in bulk. The problem is that U.S. health insurers already buy in bulk and cover more people than many other countries (so the government wouldn't have much more bargaining power). While single-payer may be cheaper elsewhere, how exactly would it be cheaper here?

In 9th grade I was late to a summer football practice and one of the coaches made me bear crawl around the track twice in full pads. It's still the most physically challenging thing I've ever done!

Conquering things isn't very nice

So, what do we do about it? How do y'all think we right the ship?

Because there will always be people looking for a fight.

The word to describe you is "douche".

Amen to that! I hate when people say "I'm add" or "I'm ocd"... It really grinds my gears.

You’re absolutely right… let’s take McDonald’s as an example. According to the Christian Science Monitor in 2012, McDonald’s had the highest gap between CEO pay and worker pay in the nation with CEO Donald Thompson earning 1,196 times what the average worker earns. Thompson earns $9,247 an hour — compared to $7.73 for the average McDonald’s employee. In 2012, Thompson was compensated $13.8 million for his role as CEO.
So is it fair that Thompson earns in a single year that a McDonald’s employee would have to work nearly 900 years to earn? The answer certainly would be yes if Thompson could simply solve this problem by paying himself less, but that wouldn’t do much. McDonalds employs roughly 440,000 people (full time + part time). Even if Thompson decided to work pro bono and distribute his annual compensation among his workers, this would only translate to a $31.36 a year raise per employee – or less than a 1 cent an hour raise.

Your feelings have no place in a quantitative debate.

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