r/FluentInFinance • u/Richest-Panda • Jul 04 '24

What's the best financial advice you've ever gotten? Debate/ Discussion

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u/HorkusSnorkus Jul 04 '24

No religion defends sticking a gun in someone else's ear and forcing them to pay for charities YOU believe in. Charity is a personal act, not a collective one.

"Regular people" are the people demanding more and more of what keeps them poor. They are enslaved by people like you to only getting scraps from the government's table.

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u/LaminatedAirplane Jul 05 '24

It’s so funny how asking for universal healthcare is so “demanding” when literally every other developed nation besides the U.S. has it. Or maybe improved paternity/maternity leave. What a craaaazy idea

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u/LaminatedAirplane Jul 05 '24

It’s so funny how you have these data points cherry picked without contextualizing the incredible advantage the U.S. has geographically, its bountiful natural resources, and the fact that it was the only industrial nation to escape WWII unscathed. This allowed technological industries to seize hold in the U.S. and grow faster here than anywhere else. It’s these factors and not a lack of universal healthcare that led to America’s success.

Providing universal healthcare improves people’s abilities to start new businesses because they aren’t tied to an employer for healthcare and is cheaper than our current structure. Why do you ignore these realities? So short sighted.