Quote (InsaneBobb @ 19 Mar 2019 01:21)
You cannot point to any fact I've listed that is "false" because unlike you, I have not needed to lie to appear relevant.
Even after I clearly explained to you that the bailouts were NOT a socialist policy, they were a LOAN and repayments FAR EXCEEDED the loan amounts, and the loans counted against the Bush deficit, and repayments were pure income that helped keep the Obama deficit low, you persist in bringing up your FALSE talking point, over and over.
Our healthcare costs are due to another socialist policy, that removes our citizens' ability to purchase our medicine from competing nations, and prevents qualified medical program applicants from going through the programs, due to hard limits on the programs themselves.
Income inequality? A person provides more value to society, they receive more money. There's no inequality there. Everyone has the same opportunity, aka laws do not favor any one person over another. A person can write a book, sell it in eformat on Amazon vs $0.99, sell 10 million copies and be a millionaire. There's nothing stopping anyone, from the lowest to the highest, of making as much income as they're capable of. Talk about a useless talking point.
College costs? They are government institutions. If costs in colleges are high, look to the government. That has nothing whatsoever to do with the private market. In fact, a lot of the demonized private colleges have much lower tuition fees, use standardized books that you can buy off amazon for a fraction of the cost, and host as many courses as is practical online soas to remove overhead costs and reduce student transportation costs.
Socialized costs? As in, costs from Social Programs? Um... Are you trying to make my point for me?
We do agree on our deficit though. The US deficit is unforgivably high. And based on what we currently spend, we could cut nearly 100% of our discretionary budget, which among other things would include our entire military and veterans spending, as well as education, transportation, etc. and STILL be running a deficit. How can you not know that it is MANDATORY SPENDING, which is all SOCIAL PROGRAMS plus the interest on the debt that makes up the majority of our spending? And every single one of those social programs that cause the overspending were introduced by socialist democrats? Jesus, you honestly don't know shit, do you?
just because you hilariously redefine certain terms (like income inequality, socialism, loan, regulation...), outright fail basic reading comprehension ('socialised losses' vs 'costs from social programs'), and ignorantly leave out major economic mechanisms (like the stifling effect of those 'loans'), doesn't mean you're magically making sense somehow.
again, those issues are undeniable FACTS - just like that the healthiest, happiest, safest, most prosperous, and freest countries in the world are significantly more 'socialist' than america and have higher taxes. but hey, that's just the difference between reality on one side, and fearmongering amplified by corporate dictated policy and corporate owned politicians brainwashing uncritical minds like yours on the other side...