Yeah the tax cuts were trillions in unfunded borrowed spending, and now that the trickle down fairy has failed to appear once again and pay for everything, I don’t see any movement by the Republicans to pay for the hole except to make overtures about hollowing out social services(of course) that won’t begin to fill the void(as they’ve always done)....and in some cases just increase costs like the whole(ironic) idea to Obamacare the Medicare system, first pushed by Paul Ryan as a way to funnel more tax money to less efficient private companies to carry out the same jobs as the government insurance program.
I’d say it’s best to ignore the pearl clutching, but a good chunk of the non-rightwing press loves to play right into this rightwing media game(not that these sorts of questions are invalid as a whole). Though for Alexandra’s sake, she does need to spend some more time on this issue because Trevor Noah is not going to be the only one asking those same questions if she wants to continue to tour and capitalize on her rise.
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Also the debt is a fairly overstated concern. There is very little wrong for a leading economy like America to have debt, even fairly notable amounts, but obviously I would prefer that debt to go to more valuable things.
The reality is that Medicare for All and Free/subsidized college, it’s really fucking obvious how you pay for it.
You just tax people. We are already paying for college and paying for healthcare and it’s should be pretty obvious that net-net, many if not most people will actually pay less in taxes under Medicare for all than they pay in premiums and deductibles.
The obvious answer is “hey, you know how you drop like $300/month to get a shitty healthcare plan that has a $7k deductible and then some doctors don’t even take it? Well, you’ll just give that money to the government instead and get a healthcare plan wth a $1000 deductible that basically all the doctors will take.
Edit: Bernie wanted to pay for Medicare for all by raising a 2.2% income tax on wages. I make about $130k/year and pay more than that on my premiums alone.
Edit: the average America spent about $9,500 on healthcare in 2017. That’s actually more than they pay in federal income taxes, on average. Believe this number includes ALL healthcare spending not just private.
Because r either way there is a ton of money already in the healthcare system that you can basically just move around and net-net most people will actually save money OR get much better healthcare for a nominal difference in price.
