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The Federal government is us, so yes, the nation's wealth is all of ours. We keep track of how it is divied up with little green pieces of paper the value upon which we collectively agree is $20.00,...

I was just looking at one of those national debt clocks you can find on line, and this one like all the others states that everyone's individual share of the national debt is about $44,000.00.
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750K to 1.25Mil is chickenfeed, comparatively.

Haven't read the thread, so forgive any redundant information. I think there are (too many) rich people who don't pay their fair share and in return are getting far more in public services paid for...

(b) Frankly, no. I see far too many people living in homeless shelters in that future. It's worth the 12.5% IMO. Make those ****ers who have moved their factories overseas and are being protected by...

What would we gain by eliminating SS? It takes in almost as much as it puts out. Cutting it would have little impact on the deficit today. We'd still have to cut defense.

(Regretting clicking on "View Post"...) There is a much bigger option for reducing spending that you strangely continue to ignore, and one that does NOTHING of real value.

It merely proves that there is a line drawn. Should our goal be the opposite end of the spectrum?

What you've described is the GINI coefficient. A GINI of one, your worst-case scenario, is when one person has all the money and everyone else has none. A GINI of 0 is when all the money is equally...

Sure it's easy to say we can cut the debt by cutting spending and passing tax reform, but nothing's going to cut the debt until the deficit is turned into a surplus, and that isn't going to happen...

You are confusing support of a legally binding collective bargaining agreement with government control. And you are rude.

Success, in the minds of the current batch of conservatives, is dominating your industry until you have a near monopoly and enough ****-you money to control elections and influence legislation. They...

That should get the low-information voters in an uproar for a few minutes. Good thing for the conservatives that those voters never seem to check facts.

Hey, I have no problem with profits, but don't let the insurance companies snow you. That 3.4% is after executive salaries and bonuses, advertising, market research, sales commissions, etc., none of...

This is just price gouging. Insurance company profits are going to get cut soon and they're just trying to reap as much as they can sow while they still can.

Federal workers already have access to a plan very similar to Medicare.

Insurance companies used to use the BMI (Body Mass Index) and set rates on that. This is bad news in particular for...

I never said competition was bad and/or wouldn't reduce costs. I believe I said just the opposite.

I don't think so. The overwhelming majority of uninsured Americans are uninsured because they are young and/or healthy and think they don't need it, or simply can't afford it. Getting all of these...

This was part of the conservative argument in favor of interstate commerce for insurance. They said that allowing insurance companies to do business across state lines would increase competition, but...

Maybe. I think the insurance companies are trying to "make hay" as there are some aspects of the legislation that haven't kicked in yet, like the one that compels insurance companies to spend 80% of...