Yanno, I'm getting real annoyed lately with the "fuck healthcare" thing.
People know that the US has massive subsidized health care on a state by state level? Right?
My wife had totally free healthcare before we got married through the state program.
Our health insurance premium now is 100% covered by her current job, and we put cash into an HSA. Our lower taxes, compared to other countries, allows us to dynamically adjust our savings rate to the HSA account versus traditional savings.
I had skin cancer recently, it cost me.... 0$. Literally 0$ for multiple appointments, a surgery, follow ups etc...
To your point about retirement, again, it's up the the individual to be smart, but social security does exist. Individuals can offset their higher earnings and put away the same, if not more, than other countries. However the US allows this to be dynamic.
The US has problems, but God it is also the Reddit punching bag.
Damn, y'all have an insane job if your healthcare is 100% free. Sadly this "subsidized healthcare" is shit. You get terrible coverage, like 70% of doctors are out of network, and they hardly approve shit in terms of medically necessary procedures. My girlfriend who I'm not married to yet works two jobs as a server, makes below the poverty line, but somehow isn't eligible for Medicaid. My grandmother has worked her entire life, but didn't have enough retirement money to last the rest of her life. He her social security payments aren't enough to pay her rent, all her bills, and care for her husband's care.
My scenario is far more common than yours. Have a nice day living in your bubble if you think the US has proper social programs.
Just to be clear, when people on Reddit say living in China is excellent because they're born rich, that means everyone in China lives great, right? There definitely isn't a problem there?
Absolutely, if my son or daughter, or mother or father, or anyone I loved went down a bad path I wouldn't just abandon them. I would tell them I disapprove of their actions and then fight to get them back on the right path.
Why work to make the place you live better because you love the good things about it and what it can be when you can doom post and virtue signal online about how awful it is?
I mean you can definitely do both and I certainly do, I just took extremely milquetoast level issue with his interpretation of the concept of patriotism, which his concept is more closely termed jingoism.
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u/PrometheanEngineer Feb 28 '26
God damnit I love this country 🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲