r/FluentInFinance • u/The-Lucky-Investor • 13d ago

“Medicare for All” would save the U.S $5.1 Trillion over 10 years Discussion/ Debate

https://www.commondreams.org/news/2018/11/30/easy-pay-something-costs-less-new-study-shows-medicare-all-would-save-us-51-trillion
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u/Ice_Swallow4u 13d ago

Other countries most likely, not that they haven’t tried. Would you rather China be King?

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u/abrandis 13d ago

Of course not , China , Russia, India are.much worse than the US , but maybe we should try and pattern our society off of Nordic countries or even France ,with more progressive.social programs.... The funny thing is you could still ah e a lot of fabulously wealthy folks , with a more equitable society...

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u/AyeYoTek 13d ago

maybe we should try and pattern our society off of Nordic countries or even France ,with more progressive.social programs....

We're the ones who allow them to do this. When you don't have to spend money on your military because you know the US is an ally and you're part of NATO, you have money for these things. The current war in Ukraine is a prime example. Europe can't even defend its own backyard without us.

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u/abrandis 13d ago

Bullshit, it has nothing to do with that... We spend more on the military like 7x the next largest militaries.... It's just where we decide to spend the money, any country that has nukes already has a big stick..... We were spending obscene amounts before Ukraine war....