We work 40+ hours a week and they tell us we can’t afford insulin for our neighbors, but we can always afford another war
2 days ago by sanitation to c/workreform
I bring it up a lot but the book "dying of whiteness" was a horrifying look into this. A significant amount of people don't want national health care, even if it means they themselves get sick and die, because then those people would get it.
The money facts don't matter. It's just emotional sludge.
The labor aristocracy does deserve it. The people they throw under the bus don't, but the ones doing the throwing deserve what they brought on themselves.
There is definitely a large section of the white working class that just won't have class consciousness because they have too much to gain from the exploitation of minorities at home and entire sections of the world abroad.
I don't think it's just emotional sludge, I think they really think it benefits them if the other types of people are kept down. Like I think they actually want the threat of death by medically-induced poverty to hang over people's heads.
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@lemmy.world
A place to discuss positive changes that can make work more equitable, and to vent about current practices. We are NOT against work; we just want the fruits of our labor to be recognized better.
Our Philosophies:
Our Goals
go to feed...
NHS costs about 4600$ per recipient
Spanish healthcare system 5346$ per recipient
Canada's is about 5000$
The US PUBLIC healthcare spending (Medicare, medicaid, VA, ACA subsidies) is about 5600$ PER CITIZEN (not recipient).
IE:
Americans already pay enough in taxes for 100% free comprehensive healthcare for everyone, but get fuck all. The average household pays between 15000$ to 20000$ for healthcare.
The American system is not inefficient, it is an extortion scam that steals trillions from working Americans and kills about 40,000 Americans per yeat.
Wanting the US healthcare system is like wanting a 9/11 every month.
We could give every American 100% free healthcare, without rising taxes. Imagine what would happen to the economy when every household has an extra 15k$ of disposable income?
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