politics, economics
Okay, so here is what I fundamentally don't understand about right wing economics. Even from an entirely selfish perspective, even for the vast majority of the reasonably wealthy, having a safety net of social security and free healthcare and a real benefits system is far better than having it be slightly easier to become obscenely rich.
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politics, economics
Poverty is far more bad than wealth is good. When you get progressively more rich the only things you gain are more luxuries, but in poverty you are unable to get basic necessities, food, housing, healthcare (in the US), your very life is at stake from poverty.
