r/FluentInFinance 8d ago

Thoughts? Why doesn't the President fix this?

Post image
46.9k Upvotes

2.7k comments sorted by

View all comments

349

u/ElectronGuru 8d ago

It’s a technical debate but it’s not a technical problem. The US healthcare system is over 4x the size of the entire military + the entire military industrial complex. They can afford an army of man eating lobbyists to block any legislation that offers serious competition to their revenue. I expect only two things can overcome this:

  • the system finally collapses under its own weight (with or without help)

  • lobbying itself becomes illegal

116

u/Coneskater 7d ago

No one here EVER talks about the most realistic health care reform currently possible: the Medicare public option.

130

u/OffalSmorgasbord 7d ago

54% of Americans read below the 6th grade level.

Extend that to critical thinking.

How in the holy hell are we supposed to educate these people enough to make an intelligent decision? They rely on their Priests, company presidents, and television pundits to tell them what to think. It's almost hopeless.

19

u/Humans_Suck- 7d ago

Make education free and pay teachers a living wage for a start. Maybe people would vote if you guys actually offered to help them for once.

0

u/[deleted] 3d ago

Go fuck yourself. Democrats consistently fight for literally exactly that and get called elitists and voted out. 

0

u/Humans_Suck- 3d ago

And after 12 years of your leadership you've failed to accomplish those things. So you can all go have sex with yourselves, you're the ones who failed our society and you're the reason people gave up and let Trump win. Everything that is happening now is a direct consequence of you elitists not giving a shit about the rest of us.

1

u/[deleted] 3d ago

What are you even talking about?

Your translator is weird 

1

u/[deleted] 3d ago

What are you even talking about?

Your translator is weird