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WebsterMark wrote on 08/13/19 at 11:59:11:You don't see a problem in making money over providing healthcare to people? That's at best, disingenuous - at worst, evil.
Not at all. The prosperity we all enjoy today is from business' making profits.
Directly at the cost of this nation's health?
No - not by me. Never.
When my son was 1 years old, somehow he got an infection that spread rapidly. We had to rush him to hospital where he was in ICU for a few days being treated with some very high tech equipment. The companies that made that equipment did it for profit. I benefited from it. To this day, I remember that lesson. It was one of the catalyst that turned me from a Democratic voter to a conservative. (the final nail in the coffin was being in management at a Union shop...)
Well, it's great that you had insurance, isn't it? Had you been a poor person, with no access - do you think the outcome would have been the same?
Really think about that, mark.
I would never reveal who I am or who I work for, but I absolutely, positively guarantee that you, T and T Garage, have benefited from my companies product. 100% certainty. Yes, we are totally dedicated to quality and providing products that are higher performing than anyone else's because that's the owner's mandate, but we ultimately make money at it. A lot of money. You benefit.
Perhaps I do, but that doesn't make it right.
If I sold mass quantities of heroin, and then built community centers with my millions, then all those kids and families using those centers would benefit, right? What about the junkies? What about the gang bangers selling my product and killing innocent people?
See how that works?
The problem with pure capitalism is that it's very selective in who it benefits.
You don't see it because you don't have any exposure to that world of want. I guess you can be thankful in that - as well as those covered under your insurance.
So your equation of either making money or provide healthcare is not correct. Both are done. No they're not. When profit is your primary concern - providing care can only be second. That's not the country we live in. Imagine if Sir Alexander Fleming or Jonas Salk had that attitude. (yeah, yeah, I've heard the stories about how it wasn't possible to patent the polio vaccine, so don't start - my point is made).
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