Comments by "whyamimrpink78" (@whyamimrpink78) on "Clueless Hannity Attacks Ocasio-Cortez By Citing Her Awesome Policies" video.

  1. Denmark? So no min. wage and lower corporate taxes? That Denmark?
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  2. AlphaMikeOmega, she wants to radically change our country that has 320+ million people and an $18.5 trillion economy. Installing universal healthcare, which is 1/6 of our economy alone, would create the biggest recession in modern times. At that point people would demand she fixes that where she will install communist policies. Also, if she is anything like Bernie she has no desire to understand people's positions, especially business owners. She will just see them as greedy assholes and take them down. She is a communist.
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  3. Because it isn't better. Break down healthcare systems across the world. Countries that have universal healthcare systems have many shortcomings. For example, up to 7000 people die in Australia a year waiting for "elective" surgery.
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  4. Ruby Night, that 45,000 is deceptive. To start, that is 0.01% of the total population, in Australia 7000 is 0.02%. So already one can argue that Australia's system kills more. Now I won't because I understand the complexity of healthcare. In that 45,000 almost all of those individuals are poor. There are higher rates of obesity, type II diabetes and smoking with the poor. All of those cases are self inflicted. So the question becomes do they die due to lack of healthcare access or due to being in poor health to begin with? Healthcare is complex. I encourage you to break down this issue. When you do you realize that countries with universal healthcare systems are not better. Not saying they are worse, just saying they are not better.
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  5. FJBZ3, think about it. Healthcare is 1/6 of our economy. Having government pay for it means people who work in healthcare insurance will lose their jobs. Stocks tied to healthcare insurance will drop. Taxes will have to go up on everyone meaning people will be earning less money. And before you say "well universal healthcare will save the money", there are a couple points. 1. For many, like me, we will be losing money. 2. The vast majority will not see it that way at the beginning even if they did save money Businesses will have to pay a higher tax due to the increased payroll tax. That means less hiring and less wage increases for workers. Government spending will go up by a lot. That means investors have little to no idea how money will be spent so they will not invest. So you will have workers earning less, more people being unemployed, investors who will not invest, and businesses who will not hire. Now look at the recession of 2007 and consider how the housing market was 5% of GDP. Going to universal healthcare will cause a major recession.
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  6. legonatoroc122, unions are great when they are free from government corruption. What you described in what goes on in Denmark is the free market in wage negotiation. What people on the ultra left in the US wants is government forcing businesses to bow down to union demands. That is the complete opposite of what Denmark does. Denmark has more of a free market when it comes to businesses and employment.
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  7. RandomGuy7092, I did not ignore them. In fact, I addressed that point in another comment. Strong unions are great when they are free from government corruption. You see, in wage negotiation Denmark has a free market.
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  8. Housing is not a human right.
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  9. Look at the recent SC rulings and the fact that Trump gets another justice. And considering how one of the liberal justices is 85 years old he will most likely have a third.
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  10. HasanJF, not really. They support the tradition of marriage. Those even farther right support getting government out of marriage. Gay people have always been allowed to get married, the government just did not recognize it. If you get government out of marriage than the situation changes. Show me when in this country it was illegal for gays to get married? Name me one right women lack? On sex education, that is in very few select areas. You are digging the bottom of the barrel on that one. They don't impose religion theocracy. Look up the court case Dover v Penn and look what judge ruled on that case and who nominated him.
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  11. Ruby Night, those healthcare rankings are arbitrary. Do you even know the methods in how they are developed? I doubt it. I bet the same people who made those rankings would get you to stick your head in fire if they told you could see hell in doing so. Why do you blindly follow those rankings?
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  12. Arya Stark, many factors influence overall life expectancy. For example, if you remove car accidents and murders the US is number 1 in life expectancy. The US has a higher obesity rate than Canada. Our unhealthy lifestyle does kill us off earlier. And yes, people do die waiting for elective surgery in Canada. Read the following papers "True versus reported waiting times for valvular aortic stenosis surgery" and "Analysis of deaths while waiting for cardiac surgery among 29,293 consecutive patients in Ontario, Canada"
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  13. Long wait times are an issue due to lack of resources. The issue with other countries is not so much longer wait times but also inferior care. They lack in advanced care. For example, the US gives more CT scans. As for your sources, who is "merritthawkins"? Besides that, reporting wait times is challenging as different systems deal with different issues. Read the paper "International comparisons of waiting times in health care-Limitations and prospects" Healthcare is complex making any comparison studies a challenge. Just wanted to highlight a misconception.
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  14. There are strong arguments against her ideas. Problem is that people like you never listen.
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  15. She is a communist.
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  16. RandomGuy7092, even if it does cost less (little evidence that it will), implementing it will cause a major recession.
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  17. She wants to destroy this country with ignorance.
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  18. Kyle hasn't provided a counter argument either. Polls are not a counter argument. If the majority wanted to keep ICE would you support that?
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  19. legonatoroc122, government has the force of law behind them, there lies the difference. Also it becomes an agreement between worker and employer, government doesn't care who wins as long as government wins
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  20. NicKingPapiChulo, universal healthcare has man flaws and shortcomings. Their education system is nowhere near as strong as ours, and lower productivity. Denmark also has a different culture where over 50% of their income is taxed and they had mandatory military. You want to be like Denmark you can't just pick and choose what you want. Everything is interconnect. Having mandatory military service changes people's mentality. Having lower corporate tax rates attracts businesses so they can tax citizens who have jobs. Those who point at countries like Denmark really have no clue what they are talking about. The take a complex issue and limit it down to "This is a country, they have this. " It isn't that easy.
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  21. The weaver of words, that is not true. If it were the vast majority of the population would be earning the min. wage. However, they aren't. Competition and the free market raise wages.
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  22. No Google, I don't want ot use my real name, You are not an economist if that is how you feel.
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  23. Loner Link, happiness is 100% subjective. It is not a quantitative measure for success. I bet the Cleveland Browns fans would be happy if their team went 1-15 next year. Does that mean the Browns are a successful football team?
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  24. Loner Link, it does equate as happiness is all subjective. When you don't experience anything else you cannot compare. Their culture is like that but it does not mean they are in good shape. My comparison to the Browns is that they lost every game last year. If they win one game this year the fans of the 2018 Browns were happier than the 2017 fans. Does that mean they live in the best situation? No. Happiness has no quantitative measure and is purely opinion.
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  25. Anthony, up to 7000 people die waiting for "elective" surgery in Australia's healthcare system.
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  26. comingviking, negotiating wages is the free market the right wants to have. So you want a free market with less government?
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  27. Anthony Lalama, The right supports unions as long as they are free from government corruption. Same with businesses. Unions can do corruption just like businesses. Unions are great as it is the workers coming together to negotiate working conditions and wages with their employers. However, it becomes a problem when they start donating to political parties who use the force of government to make businesses act a certain way. At that point it is no longer a negotiation but oppression. The right only goes after unions in these ways 1.They despise crony unionism as you should too 2. They do not want to force people to join a union, you know, they support freedom 3. They oppose public unions as public workers are there to serve us The min. wage was put in place as a negotiating tool for unions to set wages. That is how unions worked in the US. That is why they are dying in the US. They have become greedy.
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  28. comingviking, many on the right support unions. The issue is that unions have become greedy and bullies and donated to government officials to pass laws to get their ways. Instead of negotiating with employers they want to use the powers from government to get what they want. A free market works very well and has worked in many places. We see it in the Scandinavian countries. They are hands off when it comes to businesses. Those programs like healthcare and education are funded by higher taxes on the people with higher consumption taxes and income taxes. It isn't "tax the rich" or "tax big businesses". It is tax the people. An example in the US is Seattle. They have low taxes on businesses and the rich which is why they attract many major companies like Amazon, Boeing, Starbucks, etc. You may say they have a higher min. wage, but that is purely an illusion. Those companies listed pay way more than the min. wage. The min. wage increase there was purely a political stunt. They knew their city can afford it. Just like Emeryville, CA which has Pixar and two pharmaceutical companies as their major employers. The min. wage they set there is below the equilibrium point thus there is not wasted resources. There is a desire to have government but you have to keep government under control. You do that by keeping government as local as possible. Too much government becomes corrupted and ends up favoring only the rich. You want more government when in reality we have more government than those Scandinavian countries you cheer for.
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  29. Anthony, 1. That is from Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. So no, I did not make it up 2. Those 40,000 in the US are poor where bad health is associated with the poor. There are higher rates of obesity, type II diabetes and smoking with the poor, all self inflicted issues. So the question becomes did they die due to lack of access or due to being in bad health to begin with? But anyway, 7000 is 0.02% of the population in Australia. 40,000 is 0.01% of the population in the US. Please learn basic math.
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  30. Sha Dow, I have a problem with corporate welfare, what makes you think I don't? Also, we need a defense. The defense budget is less than 4% of GDP and benefits many people. In comparison education is around 4 to 5 percent of GDP, housing is 5% of GDP, healthcare is 1/6 of GDP. In other countries defense is 2 to 3 percent of GDP. So that less than 4% is not huge. As for cutting defense in half to pay for healthcare, healthcare is a $4 trillion industry. $400 billion would not put a dent in it.
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  31. Xyz Same, you cannot take a complex economy and limit it down to the min. wage and McDonalds. If you want to do that you have to realize that Australia and Denmark have less McDonalds per capita. So sure, they pay more, but they also hire less. You should also look into number of hours they work, how many are part time vs full time, etc.
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  32. Ok, how do you do that?
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  33. Really? You are arguing with the wrong people. Also, Kyle is not too bright.
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  34. The ultra left is running around as if this is a victory. You won one election, congrats. She is going to be powerless.
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  35. I thought Kyle hated debates? Kyle, if the ideas you support are so great why don't you debate people?
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