Posted by: hurray August 26, 2014
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To Yuvaraj:
"Everybody deserves a home right? So that should be free. "
-- Poor people should also have right to a roof. So cheaper housing for low income citizens. This exists in the US under "Project" which are mainly occupied by poor blacks. And this service exists all over the world in developed countries. Heck, even Hongkong, South Korea and Singapore have government financed housings.
"Everybody should have free health care."
-- Don't you think health care should be a basic human need? And it is important if you want healthy citizens and don't want them to be homeless because they caught a cancer and couldn't afford to get the treatement. This could happen to anyone, even you.
"Everybody should have a free education."
-- No need arguing here. Even countries like Nepal and India provide basic education for free.
As the saying goes, education is power.
"What about food? Food is a basic necessity. Should the government guarantee food for everyone?"
-- This exists as food-stamp. Why, do you think poor people should die of starvation?
"what about a car? We all need to get around right?"
-- Not a car, but public transportation. Trains and buses, definitely.
The point is, each country has its priorities. It is just a matter of what does the government deliver to its citizens with money collected in tax from hard working citizens. Some countires prefer to spend it to make life better for its citizens whereas some countries prefer to fight wars to safe-guard raw materials and natural resources from other countries to its giants corporations.
And do not give me the BS about people having to wait for months to get health care in countries where health care is universal. I had the previlege to live in both kinds of system. I never went to doctor in the US when I was a student even when I had an insurance. I had to pay $20 upfront (3 hrs of pay) which discouraged me. I couldn't afford a crown in the US because it cost me $1200. I went back to Nepal and got it done.
But when I was living in France few years back, I got another crown for free (65% paid by the government and rest by my private insurance). When I was in germany, I got a vey painful tennis-elbow. I went to 20 sessions of physical therapy fully paid by my tax money. I understand you guys living in the US who don't have much money don't have the luxury I had when I was in europe. But believe me, universal health care system takes a lot of stress off your shoulder.
"Everybody deserves a home right? So that should be free. "
-- Poor people should also have right to a roof. So cheaper housing for low income citizens. This exists in the US under "Project" which are mainly occupied by poor blacks. And this service exists all over the world in developed countries. Heck, even Hongkong, South Korea and Singapore have government financed housings.
"Everybody should have free health care."
-- Don't you think health care should be a basic human need? And it is important if you want healthy citizens and don't want them to be homeless because they caught a cancer and couldn't afford to get the treatement. This could happen to anyone, even you.
"Everybody should have a free education."
-- No need arguing here. Even countries like Nepal and India provide basic education for free.
As the saying goes, education is power.
"What about food? Food is a basic necessity. Should the government guarantee food for everyone?"
-- This exists as food-stamp. Why, do you think poor people should die of starvation?
"what about a car? We all need to get around right?"
-- Not a car, but public transportation. Trains and buses, definitely.
The point is, each country has its priorities. It is just a matter of what does the government deliver to its citizens with money collected in tax from hard working citizens. Some countires prefer to spend it to make life better for its citizens whereas some countries prefer to fight wars to safe-guard raw materials and natural resources from other countries to its giants corporations.
And do not give me the BS about people having to wait for months to get health care in countries where health care is universal. I had the previlege to live in both kinds of system. I never went to doctor in the US when I was a student even when I had an insurance. I had to pay $20 upfront (3 hrs of pay) which discouraged me. I couldn't afford a crown in the US because it cost me $1200. I went back to Nepal and got it done.
But when I was living in France few years back, I got another crown for free (65% paid by the government and rest by my private insurance). When I was in germany, I got a vey painful tennis-elbow. I went to 20 sessions of physical therapy fully paid by my tax money. I understand you guys living in the US who don't have much money don't have the luxury I had when I was in europe. But believe me, universal health care system takes a lot of stress off your shoulder.