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Originally Posted by rocky raccoon
I think that she believes that such things are best attained by self realization rather than a government handout. There seems to be a persistent belief among Liberals that government funds are bottomless and are somehow just there for all to draw from.
The fact is that you Tom, David and I provide those funds through taxes. You may think that it is a good thing for all of us that are fund provider's to pay a little more so that fund takers can live better. Basic economics does not support that because for every new taker added, there is one new provider lost. Eventually the Take will exceed the Put. Such a system can work for a while in low-population countries but even there the bill will someday come due.
This is compounded today by encouraging low/no income producing immigration with subsequent loss of tax income to the government for simply political purposes.
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You believe that individuals should be paying for their own children's healthcare and education rather than by the government? How has that been working? How many years have we had a public school system and how many years have there still been underfunded schools and lack of resources for poorer areas? How many children are still without healthcare?
Seems like the individually funded option only really works for those who can afford it.
As for the accusation that "liberals" think that "government funds are bottomless," that's not true. "Liberals" tend to think that things cost less if everyone pays for them. Turns out the Koch brothers own Libertarian think tank the Mercatus Institute just confirmed that Bernie's idea of medicare for all IS actually much cheaper than what we've had for decades.
And as for the taker/put-er comments, you're out of touch. Right now the takers are going to be the older generation and the put-ers are the younger generation, but our population is shrinking.
Further, lowering the cost of healthcare means that individuals have more money for other things, which means higher tax revenue. Canada operates this way very effectively.