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Re:Capitalism and Inequality by socrates1998 on Wednesday January 23, 2019 @02:47PM (#18981977)
Just because someone is talented and lucky, it doesn't justify them making $100 billion while others die from lack of basic health care.

Parental income is the highest predictor of a person's income. Nothing you have said counters this argument.

If you have any stats or data that counter it, then please provide them.

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Re:Capitalism and Inequality by nailer on Wednesday January 23, 2019 @06:03PM (#18984110)
You are assuming someone making 100 billion is related to others dying from lack of health care.

It would be entirely possible for both to happen: an actual competitive health care market in the US reducing costs to closer to the rest of the first world and the government paying those costs via taxes (pretty close to what people in the US pay now).

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