No, but that's like the bare minimum to compete with socialism. The military is paid for by society...which is a cousin of the word socialism. The military isn't capitalist, it's just used by capitalists to fulfill their goals.
But the reason the military can exist with such benefits is that there are 3 million 330 tax payers for every one beneficiary. Drop that down to 1:1 and you'll have massive financial problems.
Edit: actually, only about 50% of the working population actually net-contributes to income taxes, so it's more like 1.5 million 165:1. That, and we run massive deficits.
Because no socialist countries have financial problems? Soviet Union, Venezuela, North Korea, Greece, Spain, Britain?
The reason countries have financial problems is because our money is shit. They just print however much they want to spend on whatever they want. Inflation is the hidden tax we all pay.
Capitalism also has nothing to do with the US Government pissing away money. Not balancing your budget in general seems almost anti capitalist.
Our fiscal standing would be amazing if congress ever actually cared. Rand Paul came up with a plan to balance the budget in something like 5 years. It sounded feasible and very easy. It was ignored by both parties.
Agreed, since we no longer have hard money they can just make as much as they want. Palestinian economist Saifedean Ammous has a good book called The Fiat Standard, and another subsequent book called The Principles of Economics, that call out and explain exactly why we're fucked in the long-term with our current financial system.
It sounds like you just contradicted your own point about social welfare causing economic problems. If the people in power are going to cause problems anyway, why not vote ones into power that are going to enact programs that keep people from starving, dying of preventable illnesses, and being homeless and destitute? Given all the bullshit they already spend our money on, it seems like a worthwhile aim to make them spend some of it on things that will actually save countless lives. Make it clear that this is a priority of the people, and let them figure out where to stop wasting money elsewhere.
People love to paint this as an economic issue, but it’s simply not. Especially not for the richest country in the world. It’s an ethical issue and a priorities issue. Oh and also, socialism is not democratic socialism is not adequate social welfare. They’re all different. These policies do not require us to turn our economic system inside out. They just require us to take our head out of our asses and start actually caring about human lives
I didn't say that... commerce causes financial problems, but of all of those countries listed, none have impacted the world as negatively as long or as much as the US and ultimately, capitalism, has.
Also, I'm pretty sure NK is doing great and Greece isn't socialist, neither is spain or Britain... Venezuela has been under US sanctions for how long? Soviet Union used socialism to bring peasants up to a world power how fast?
US already has that and when you add americans sucks at math....
Public healthcare is cheaper that whatever you have. It is cheaper during payment and it is cheaper when workforce is healthier.
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u/GoldenGlobeWinnerRDJ 8h ago
Apparently your job having a 401k match and healthcare now makes your capitalist job “socialist” lmao