Comments by "whyamimrpink78" (@whyamimrpink78) on "Laura Ingraham Compares Medicare For All To 'Free Scooters'" video.

  1. Dante Ratto, listen to Kyle and many of his like talk. Kyle makes the argument that no one dies in other nations due to lack of coverage in healthcare. While on paper they have coverage so what he says is true, in reality many die due to shortcomings in their healthcare system. It is lowering the standard. Saying the government is going to provide you healthcare is a low standard when the quality sucks. Compare it also to education. On paper everyone has a K-12 education. But does everyone have the same quality of education? Making college tuition free does not mean you get the same quality that is offered now.
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  2. CWG90, they won't give a counter-argument besides "Denmark" or "Norway" when they are nations that do a lot of different things people like Bernie and AOC want.
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  3. Almost everyone wants a system where no one is poor. Others just feel that capitalism is the route to do it. One can argue that AOC system is simply lowering the standard in what is defined as being "poor" which is not a success.
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  4. Dante Ratto, you keep pointing to polls without understanding the many shortcomings in them. You are asking vague questions on complex issues to people who are not aware of the actual issue. But whatever, deny actual data and facts and just stick to opinion of polls of non-experts. The quality will go down because you are increasing demand without increasing supply. That means larger classroom size, less personal time between students and professors/tutors, and less instruction for students who struggle so they get left behind. Also, college is an investment. That is where they real value comes.
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  5. Soulkun13, a properly educated individual is usually a moderate. Ultra leftists' ideas, like what Kyle spewed, is easily debunked. I can easily debunk all that Kyle just said right here. You saying that reality has a liberal bias makes you sound uneducated as both sides have legit arguments.
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  6. nop2rop, Venezuela nationalized oil and used the money to pay for welfare programs, that's socialism. It ended up failing because government mismanaged funds. It also failed because it took money from oil and not from the people. The people had no incentive to work and in the end the economy tanked. Scandinavian countries tax their citizens. Citizens still need to work to pay bills, rent and food. But there is a high consumption tax on citizens which pay for those programs. So there is still an incentive to work for those people. They are not taxing just the rich, they tax everyone at a high rate.
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  7. Nothing wrong with it, just don't push indoctrination.
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  8. Celestial, capitalism is arguably a better system in alleviating poverty.
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  9. Celestial Morning Light, that is because Denmark has a free market. Their system taxes their citizens, not businesses and the rich at a high rate. They have less business regulations and a free market in wage negotiation. Denmark has, arguably a more capitalistic society than the US does.
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  10. Br Car, I think Dante Ratto does not understand the lack of efficiency that exists in government.
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  11. Dante Ratto, you haven't provided any actual data. I can if you want. For example, up to 7000 people die a year in Australia waiting for "elective" surgery. Universal healthcare systems have a lot of shortcomings as well. You just point to opinion polls because that is all you have. I never said profit motive was ideal. But profit motive does lead to greater R&D and better quality. Yes, there are shortcomings, but arguably less compared to a government ran system. Unions are actually part of a free market. As long as you don't have crony unionism unions are a part of the free market. In Denmark they have a free market when it comes to employer/employee relationship. So you are literally supporting a free market when you point to unions and Denmark. You are supporting less government.
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  12. ixsicness, the reason why it is cheap is because you receive lower quality of care. I love how you call me a troll but gave no actual counter argument. You say government has negotiating power when the hospital can just counter with lower quality of care. Saying the government has negotiating power is not an argument.
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  13. Dante Ratto, I can provide sources. On the 7000 in Australia that is from the Australian Institute for Health and Welfare. As for R&D read the paper entitled "Bending the Productivity Curve Why America Leads the World in Medical Innovation" and the paper entitled "How Can We Explain the American Dominance in Biomedical Research and Development" You are just looking at spending per capita, not productivity. The ranking in healthcare you are listing is arbitrary. Anyone can come up with any ranking they want. The problem with rankings is that they use raw data and arbitrary weights on them. For example, a lot of healthcare rankings look at overall life expectancy where other factors outside of healthcare influence that number. For example, in the book "The Business of Health" They removed murder and car accidents from all countries and the US became number 1 in life expectancy. In the book "Debunking Utopia" the author there explains how in other nations they live healthier lifestyles with lower smoking and obesity rates. Another ranking used amenable mortality. However, in the paper entitled "Amenable mortality as an indicator of healthcare quality-a literature review" The author there explains how there is no consensus on how amenable mortality can be measured and use and thus is very flawed when measuring healthcare system quality. If you want more sources I can give it. I am well read on the issue of healthcare. Reality is this, healthcare is complex. You are not even scratching the surface on the issue. That is why you have to point to arbitrary rankings and polls and I can point to scholarly articles. On unions, the issue in the US is crony unionism due to large government making people entitled which happens under socialism.
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  14. Dante Ratto, but go ahead and point to polls and arbitrary rankings while I actually read sources on this issue.
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  15. Single payer healthcare will not save money.
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  16. He made the comparison saying that healthcare, like furniture, is a commodity and someone has to provide it. In order to have more healthcare you have to create the incentive for people to become doctors. Watch the video entitled "Ben Shapiro on Healthcare" by MrMJpilot There Ben Shapiro gives the long answer to that tweet.
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  17. That is the intelligence level of Kyle and his viewers. No actual arguments.
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  18. samiamrg7, the republican party is the moderate party these days.
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  19. Dragonnsv, science has no political leaning. In reality studies have shown that in academics science and engineering departments are more moderate compared to the liberal arts. That is because when you look at things objectively you become more moderate and arguably more right. In reality when you break it down at the very core the political left bases their ideas on emotions and the political right bases their ideas on facts and logic, especially on economic issues. Not saying the left does not use facts, they do at times. And at times the political right uses emotions. But at the core the political left bases their ideas on emotions. Not saying that is bad. We are human and emotions are needed. But that is the reality. If you want me to give examples I can.
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  20. My mom....., I don't have a preconceived mold of how each side thinks. This is something I thought long about. As for other nations, you cannot say they are doing better. There are way too many factors to consider to make the conclusion and huge differences in culture. You talk about stats but one can easily do a legit analysis on the stats that has the US being much better than those other nations. Your comment simply supports my case. You say "crying out for access to means for a basic quality of life". That is a strong emotional argument. Define "basic". And why do they lack "access"? Is it because of limited resources? You say the right based their platform on religion. On social issues I would agree, but not economic, especially recently. That is why I said on economic issues. Reality is that when you push the issue in depth the political left relies on emotions and the political right relies on facts and logic.
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  21. Not true but whatever. Believe what you want to believe.
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  22. Kyle is an idiot. Pretty much everything he said in this video is easily debunked.
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  23. Every other nation was rebuilding after the war so we were ahead.
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  24. rcaugh, people die in every nation due to shortcomings in their healthcare system. What's your point?
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  25. nop2rop, saying 50% earn less than $30,000 a year is very deceptive. What is their cost of living situation? What is their household income like? You are ignoring factors like that.
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  26. amihart, it is socialism. They control oil which is a major part of production. I do not know what Bolivia did but I know what Venezuela did. What Bernie wants is close to what Venezuela does.
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  27. The Valonqar, most on the right support the idea of the states running those programs.
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  28. The economy was poor under Obama. A lot indicates that the economy is doing much better under Trump.
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  29. Miguel, you can't blame Bush for Obama's shortcomings. Under Trump you are seeing interest rates being raised, labor participation is stagnant, with that unemployment is still going down, and initial claims are down. I have been listening to Kyle. He just screams "BUBBLE!" as if that is an argument. He fails to realize that in the 20s what caused the recession was the Federal Reserve. Same under Bush because they did not raise interest rates. Interest rates are being raised now. Kyle is an economic illiterate, his talking points are easily debunked.
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  30. Uh, it has worked very well, much more so than socialism. You need to stop listening to Kyle, almost everything he said in this video is easily debunked.
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  31. Doodle Master, many argued against the bailouts as it creates more monopolies and gives more power to the banks. Capitalism actually is the route to break up the big banks. Socialism gives them more power.
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  32. Doodle Masters, regulate the banks how?
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  33. TheOnismithcreations, how do you prevent big banks from forming? Why do you want to punish success? Also, it is government regulations that create monopolies.
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  34. TheOnismithcreations, that is not the free market. In a free market if something is that successful they should excel. If they fell another company will take their place. Monopolies exist because of government, not because of the free market.
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  35. TheOnismithcreations, in a free market if there is a company that is that good why should we care? You say someone eventually wins, so what? If that person fails a competitor over takes them. Monopolies exist because of government. If that business is successful then great. If not a competitor will over take them. That is how it is.
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  36. There is little evidence that universal access to healthcare and education would cost less. Also, someone has to provide those services. That is why they are not a right.
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