Titanium Rain
The Majority Report w/ Sam Seder
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Comments by "Titanium Rain" (@ChucksSEADnDEAD) on "Ben Shapiro Makes Ass Of Self During Ridiculous Climate Change Rant (Permanently Discrediting)" video.
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@will.roman-ros "Universal healthcare doesn’t necessarily mean public takeover of the means of healthcare, rather, it can be a government intervention for the private sector" - just ask for the healthcare system to be totally nationalized. State intervention on the private sector will only make things worse, and does absolutely nothing to prevent Big Pharma or medical supply distributors and manufacturers from overcharging the government paying for the stuff. I actually would respect a position that I disagree with but seeks to completely change the situation, than take seriously the proposal to take a broken system and then absolutely mangle it through methods we know will not work.
"The free-market can only work with educated, logical individuals" - sounds an awful lot like "the poors are too stupid to decide for themselves" and that's why anyone can easily argue that the left actually hates the lower classes.
"It was a suggestion by Adam Smith in Wealth of Nations" - the references I find are to justify the "invisible hand" concept he was not suggesting any system at all - it was an observation he made which can be incorrect for all I care, but the point of it was explaining his "invisible hand" concept and not propose any system.
"Trickle down economics only happens with charitable business owners/hierarchy." - which is why everyone takes down the trickle-down strawman. The right-wing concept (and some dumb fucks on the Republican side are absolute brainlets for believing the strawman rather the actual political theory) is that putting hurdles on productivity will lead to the wealthy accumulating wealth or putting their wealth where it can't be taxed. By limiting productivity and having the rich save rather than invest not only will the country lose jobs and send people to unemployment, but the government will actually earn a lower tax revenue.
" Low taxes only gets you less from the government. Less security, less education, less healthcare, and less infrastructure." - which is the totally ass-backwards way of looking at it. You think that lowering taxes lowers tax revenue but when you lower taxes productivity increases and the wealthy invest rather than hoard wealth. You actually INCREASE government revenue from low taxes. Again, Woodrow Wilson and JFK both used low tax rates to increase government revenue. Reagan massively increased tax revenue and decreased unemployment with his tax policy (although the government was at a deficit because of his spending).
The point isn't that rich will give to the poor. The point is that increasing taxes lowers government revenue and kills jobs,
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