Every time I hear a politician promise “free” I cringe. Winning votes is no easy task. It’s like bread and circus in Rome. Truth is we know that this free item is being taken from someone else. However, I always wondered why I would need free healthcare if I had the income to pay for it myself.
This obsession that some politicians have with free healthcare makes me dizzy. It appears now that it’s a talking point in the upcoming presidential debates. Yet, they are missing the crux of the matter. This is not a health care problem. It’s an income problem.
Now, I know there are certain issues with health care that aren’t perfect. No system is ever perfect. But what if every person in America had enough income? Enough guaranteed income to purchase the basic necessities of life. And be able to purchase good healthcare without government interference.
I always chuckle concerning the concept of free healthcare. So people get their free healthcare and it’s the best the world has to offer. Yet, some may go hungry or sleep in their cars. Why? Because they have no income.
Solve the income problem and you will solve 97 percent of societal ills. Unfortunately both left/right of the political spectrum won’t solve this issue. Their “budgets” depend on a large enough tax base to fund shenanigans that fix nothing. So instead the funds go to waste, pet projects, and fraud. As opposed to going directly to the people.
Cutting most of these wasteful projects and getting a dividend to the people would save the taxpayer money. However, don’t look for this to happen anytime soon. America’s politicians are bought and paid for. You can vote but only for candidates that can raise enough capital to be on the ballot. And trust me when I say they don’t have your best interest at heart. Watch what they do and not what they say.
