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unwarranted's avatar

I think there a lot of mileage between protecting the meager earnings and savings of the majority who mostly play by the rules, and according every advantage and inducement to the tiny minority who wear the pants with the deepest pockets. If you think protecting the needs of the collective destroys individual striving, I’d be interested in your examples to substantiate this. Right now Cuba has an infant mortality that is better than many rich countries, including the U.S. The Scandinavian countries all have policies that curb the accumulation of individual wealth with progressive taxes, and their people are as productive and measurably happier than Americans. By any index, their version of capitalism is far superior to ours.

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Susan Mercurio's avatar

Also, the US is 35th out of the top 50 countries in maternal morbidity and mortality.

Imagine the outcry if we were 35th at the Olympics.

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GenEarly's avatar

Wait until the Gov-Corp VaXXXes kick in some More. All Cause Mortality is soaring according to Life Insurance Companies ,who track such things and Morticians finding "stringy" nonbiological "clots" in the dead. Imagine that outcry.

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