Comments by "" (@TheHuxleyAgnostic) on "Union Boss Warns Billionaires They're About To Find Out" video.

Do tell.
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@mfflscotty2095 No. You're the one implying that, if they take a large chunk of the pie, it's not their fault if there's little left for anyone else ... that others can still make choices, that will make more pie magically appear.
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@mfflscotty2095 Holy hell. How do they make their billions? By people buying stuff, right? That's people handing them their money, and having less money, and the billionaires gaining more money, right? And, if those billionaires don't pay their workers an even share of that, then the money is mostly going one direction, right? Again, you seem to be implying that you can hand your money to them, and more will just magically appear, from somewhere.
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@mfflscotty2095 And what good is equipment and policies, without workers, to work that equipment, and implement those policies? No, we want to give more money to "workers", because they're the ones doing the work. The clue is in their name. Every measure they use, to increase profits, and their personal wealth, either takes more money from consumers (which are mostly workers), or gives less money to workers. To pretend like one side doesn't get less, when another side gets more, is nonsensical.
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@mfflscotty2095 Rofl! So, you think Canada, and other countries ranked higher than the US, have less regulations and taxes? You're living in some alternate reality.
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@mfflscotty2095 An individual has more economic freedom, if they don't have to worry about healthcare costs, for example. The opposite of your "free market" bullsh*t.
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@mfflscotty2095 It's bullshit, because you're implying they're more free market than the US, and that the US needs to be more free market, to move up the ranks. The UK literally has a socialized healthcare system.
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@mfflscotty2095 What are you even talking about, when you say "less restrictions", or "less regulations"? You know they all use highly regulated VAT systems, right, that basically track everything being bought and sold? They all have more environmental restrictions. Government negotiated drug prices. More gun control. More regulations on employment. What do you even mean?
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@mfflscotty2095 Do you believe there is an infinite amount of money printed every year? Is the pie infinite, or finite?
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@mfflscotty2095 There are more regulations in the UK, regarding hiring, zoning, etc., and more spending on government social programs, like the fully socialized NHS. Plus, double the unionization rate, which increases regulations, within a contract. Where the US government mainly outspends, is with the military. 6x more, as a percent of federal spending. US businesses are also more subject to private law suits (which is a "freer" environment), sometimes exactly because they aren't better regulated. Curious as to why are you simply measuring economic freedom, as a sign of success? Wouldn't the happiness index be a better measure of success? Or, do you simply want to stay away from very happy countries with like 75% unionization rates, and even more government services?
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