In Norway, Start-ups Say Ja to Socialism

Re:In Norway, Start-ups Say Ja to Socialism by davidwparker on Sunday January 30, 2011 @03:57PM (#2159158)

I agree, it would be nice if the government could help alleviate things such as basic welfare and health care benefits. Unfortunately for the USA, we are in such a massive amount of debt that it would be impossible* for the government to do such a thing. And between health care and the military spending, we're pretty much diving deeper and deeper.

* We could do it, but I doubt that any legislators would go for such a thing.

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Re:In Norway, Start-ups Say Ja to Socialism by tankenmate on Monday January 31, 2011 @04:42AM (#2160874)

I think you would find that if the Govt. took over healthcare in the US it would probably save the country as a whole money. The US pays more for healthcare per capita than any other OECD nation, and still doesn't manage to cover all its citizens. A minor increase in the corporate tax rate would mean that the state could cover the cost of health cover and then companies wouldn't need to pay stupid money to cover their employees. An all round win-win.

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Re:In Norway, Start-ups Say Ja to Socialism by loewenskind on Monday January 31, 2011 @04:46AM (#2160880)

The US spends over 700 billion dollars a year on the military. It wouldn't take that much to fully cover everyone.

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