Anonymous OP 5w

Republicans think Democrats are just dumbasses. Democrats think Republicans are genuinely evil people. It’s a stark contrast driven by ignorance and a lack of maturity. Everyone would like to live in some Utopian society where everything is perfect and fair, but Republicans understand suicidal empathy, and the Democrats don’t. Suggesting that the right is nothing but demonic people full of evil ideas, while the left is morally superior is immature and displays a lack of critical thinking skills.

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Anonymous OP 5w

And that very concept is why we see attacks against ICE, why Charlie Kirk got assassinated, and why Trump almost got killed twice. This false reality that Republicans are evil has justified inciting violence towards them, as it is perceived to be excused because in some peoples minds, they would be getting rid of evil so it’s ethically acceptable.

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Anonymous #3 5w

Use healthcare as an example: In an ideal world everybody would get unlimited free healthcare and access to the best doctors, scientists, medicines etc. Would be fucking awesome right? But it just doesn’t work that way. The country would be broke, you’d have to pay egregious amounts of income tax to fund it, which in turn would lead to a shittier overall standard of healthcare & destroy the economy and skyrocket inflation as less $ spent into the economy and raising wages to cover the tax burden

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Anonymous #3 5w

A study from 2019 showed the potential 10 year cost for universal Medicare for all. Different estimates ranged from $24 trillion to $36 trillion. We’ve seen 27% cumulative inflation since then so to be conservative we can use the $36 trillion estimate. $36 trillion / 181 million households in the U.S = $200,000 over next 10 years ($20,000/year) cost per household obviously would be screwed due to different tax brackets. But that’s a LOT, and even a conservative estimate considering inflation now

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Anonymous #3 5w

About 95% of disposable income is put into the economy. On avg $19,000 per household not being spent into the economy would be a $3.4 trillion hit. About $19.8 trillion spent in economy by households every year. This would mean about 17% less is being put into the economy, again extremely conservative estimates. This would trigger a severe depression.

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Anonymous #3 5w

As an economist, this is a drastic oversimplification which ignores even basic principles of the macroeconomy and public finance. In its simplest form, the economy is measured by the formula GDP = C + I + G + NX where C is consumer spending (people) and G is government spending (taxpayer dollars, which can be from C as income tax, I as tariffs or corporate tax, etc.) C and G are interchangeable as seen in fiscal policy, the government increases its spending to make up for less consumer spending

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Anonymous #3 5w

Using that assumption, a higher tax rate may see a decline in consumer spending, but the replacement by government spending would offset the 17% shrinkage. While I cannot find the household data for this figure, $4.9 trillion was spent on US healthcare in 2023 which averages to $27,000 per household (CMS.gov). Removing that burden from consumers would outweigh the additional taxes paid. The disposable income per capita was $61,545 in 2023 (FRED).

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Anonymous #3 5w

Edit on the household part: I used your figure of 181 mil.* But assuming $19,000 on average is being taken from taxes while $27,000 is being saved in healthcare expenditures, there would be $8,000 more in Americans' wallets according to your own figures. Additionally, you went with the high estimate to account for inflation while l used figures from 2023. On average, personal healthcare spending rises roughly 4.8% yearly (CMS) with higher increases in recent years.

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Anonymous #3 5w

Accounting for that 4.8% yearly increase, it outpaces inflation and results in a total saving of $336,449.62 in health insurance spending per household across those 10 years and an average of $33,644.96 of savings each year

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