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Originally Posted by Typhoid
I agree, that is the main problem. If everyone is the same, and nobody gets praised for doing a better job than someone who's barely trying - the person who should be getting attention will get angry with the situation.
There needs to be some sort of meshing between socialist ideas (aside from the "everyone is equal in every way" part, and more to the "things should be affordable nomatter who you are") and capitalism in the sense of rewarding those who achieve more, without alienating those who don't.
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I agree with this, and I think socialist constructs can work in limited situations.
My whole belief when it comes to socialized healthcare is that it should fill in the gaps left by private care. But thats not what the healthcare bills are trying to do. The healthcare bills are trying to directly compete with private healthcare by offering their own comprehensive plan, and thats not the government's place. In fact, it's downright cannibalistic and counter-productive to creating a robust economy (which you can argue a strong economy is the most important aspect of healthcare as wealthier countries are healthier countries as a whole).
Identify the problems/gaps, and address them, but to view the US healthcare system as THE problem is just fallacious and an attempt to use the healthcare issue as a means to gain more control over the private sector.
Socialism should be a band aid for capitalism's cuts and bruises, not the other way around, IMO.