Quote (Scaly @ Aug 8 2018 08:41am)
As much as they criticise Bernie's wishes for more spending at least he matches it with higher taxes. Makes sense. Spend more, need more. But the conservative line is 'spend more, need less'. I don't see how it's viable.
it's not fiscally viable, but it is a viable strategy to maintain power. Just pass on the problems of your generation to the next. I will say that the post i made is a bit oversimplified. As the economy increases the tax on consumption upticks. Of course we have corporations that also got tax cuts, so production isn't being taxed in line with it's uptick, and income tax got slashed. but we're still seeing a massive net loss in govt collection with a healthy increase in spending. Still no wall, still no fix for social security or medicare, etc. And as the healthcare sectors is targeted that will mean more pressure on both institutions.
Bernie wants medicare for all, which i don't fully support but respect as a full measure to address the healthcare issue. rather than the half step built-to-fail system Obama gave us. I get why Obama did it, you can't ever go for what you want. You have to give the American People a half measure that gets their feet wet, then later on a full measure can keep their feet wet once the initial program fails. But make no mistake my fellow Americans, once the US gets into a single payer type system, and we will, the size and power and control over the populace of the Federal government will be forever changed. The scope of a healthcare for all system is so far beyond what the govt has ever done in terms of money handling it's not even comparable. It's like trusting someone to hold wagers in a $10,000 bet that's only held $100 bets before. And they don't exactly have a shining track record of holding cash without applying a thick toothed rake.