Comments by "whyamimrpink78" (@whyamimrpink78) on "Corruption Lawsuit Against Trump Just Got Serious" video.
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" We see what the private health care industry does. It's too expensive for a lot of people and before the AHA"
The private healthcare system with many government barriers have made it expensive. Contrary to popular liberal belief we do not have a free market system. For example, the payroll tax has made it so people are highly dependent on their employer for healthcare. Instead of receiving a higher wage to buy a plan they want and making companies compete, they are depending on their employer to receive a generic plan. Also, all of healthcare is encompassed in insurance where insurance should be for expensive, emergency care.
" People were denied for prior conditions, and in many cases denied coverage for stupid reasons"
I agree that is a problem. But the system is set so you have to depend highly on your employer for healthcare. If you change jobs at an older age you will be changing plans meaning you have a higher chance of having a pre-existing conditions. If you were allowed to earn a higher wage instead you can get a plan at a younger age and stick with it for life no matter how many times you change jobs.
" plus they only spent maybe 50% of their income on the service they provided."
50% of a bit of a stretch.
" You know who doesn't care about a profit margin? The government."
Without profit means no desire to grow. Do you do everything for free in life? If you say yes you are lying. Profit means growth. Profit means that someone invested resources, typically money, in something and generate wealth. Take you for example. If you were to spend money on a new car you want to profit off of it. That means you can get to work, the store, school, etc. easier saving you time and energy to concentrate on other things.
The government with no profit motive has no desire to improve. Some of our greatest inventions came from private companies. The government really does nothing. They don't. Also with government they have the power. They can strip away your healthcare almost anytime they want. If a healthcare company did that they will lose money. If the government does that what do they lose? They are still in office and are still taxing us.
" I'd much rather have them run health care insurance rather than a
private business because the business will do whatever it is to make a
profit and make their CEOs happy, which includes screwing people over,"
In the competitive free market if a private company screwed people over they will go out of business. Government is running a $20 trillion debt but is still around. Name me a company that can do that.
"because they're not in it for the money,"
How many millionaires are in congress, that includes Bernie Sanders.
"They're supposed to be in it for the people."
Only 2 senators come from you state, the other 98 do not care about you I guarantee it. I was going to email Bernie Sanders one day but wasn't allowed to. You know why? Because I was not a resident of Vermont. He does not serve me or anyone else outside of Vermont just like Mitch McConnel does not serve anyone outside of Kentucky.
"So, if they are taking bribes, and are being corrupted then what are the people supposed to do? "
To me that is not give them power over our healthcare.
" You can't get good fair health insurance with private corps,"
Define fair.
"Canada or some other country that has an actual working government program."
It has many shortcomings and when you break down the numbers their systems are no better then ours.
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"Everyone can be bought regardless if the government is big or small, "
True, but pay attention here. If the government does not have the power then it can't do anything no matter how much money is thrown to it.
Let me give you an example. The only federal tax used to be a tax on the states based on population. In 1913 an federal individual income tax was allowed. That means the federal government was given the power to tax individuals.
Now prior to 1913 only the states taxed individuals. So a rich person can give all the money they wanted to federal politicians asking them to lower their income taxes but it would never happen. Why? Because the federal government did not have the power to control income taxes. Now they do. So a rich person or business can throw money at federal politicians and they can change how much taxes they pay because they now have that power.
Does that make sense? If the government does not have power then it can't do anything, thus it can't be corrupted. To give you a comparison say you are out drinking and your friend wants to drive drunk. You tell them not to and wave your finger at them saying it is not good. They do it anyway. With me I will just take away their keys. They can't drive without the keys. You idea is trying to tell people to behave and expecting them to listen, my idea is realizing they can't behave and thus take away things from them to keep them out of trouble. Now with government, government can't be bought out if it does not have power to sell. You want to give government all this power an expect them to serve the people. But when some rich person comes along and pays them enough they will end up listening to the rich person.
"Now answer me this if the policy that benefits business rather then
people and the reasons these policies are coming into place are because
businesses are corrupting them, what makes you think letting businesses
roam free with little to no check going to fix policies that are in
favor of businesses and not people. "
If the government has limited power then it can't create such policies, period. There will not be policies that favor businesses because the government's power is limited and would not be allowed to create such policies in the first place. Does that make sense?
You rip on businesses because of your hatred towards them. But I never had a business force me to do anything. In the end all a business can do is offer you a job and/or a product. I never had a business force me to give up my money or forced me to use their goods and services. Government has. Government has the power of force. When you give it too much power and don't keep the ability to control it then people with money will corrupt it.
"Well that happens at local levels as well probably to a far greater degree since their is less coverage."
Not true as in the local level government is held way more accountable. I met both candidates for mayor in my city. I met the governor. I know what goes in in our public school systems and how our public parks and roads look like. At the local level and I can see if government is actually serving me and if I don't like it I can rally to change it easier. I can attend town hall meetings if I want and push people to vote in another way or give my argument in an intelligent way. And in the very end if my local government does not serve the people I can always move to another city or state and remain a US citizen.
" this has to be solved by activism and convincing enough people your side is right and that they should vote,"
Which is easier to do at the local level. We have 320+ million people in the US. Now not all are voting age, around 235,000,000 are. Now try to convince a good portion of them to side with you. The reality is you can't. The US is too large and diverse. It has too many cultures. At the local level you can though. You can get people to side with you and if they won't then either you have to adjust to them or move to a place with people that agree with you.
That is one thing I love about the US, it is diverse. I moved 2000 miles away from my home and realized the diversity and appreciate it. A one size fits all centralized government is not the solution.
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