Well said,
Yes there are welfare slugs out there that deserve nothing but the back of your hand. However, if you want to know how a good chunk of this could be paid for is by eliminating the loopholes that exist for a lot of very rich people to escape a lot of taxes.
Let's say someone owns a business valued at $5 million. All they have to do is issue half the value in mortgage bonds and carry the rest in merchandise of equal value. This means that when an assesor comes to balance out the taxes the bonds will head up against the merchandise meaning no tax is accessible. All someone has to do is transfer personally owned land to this business and BAM no tax on the land or merchandise. It is through numerous loopholes such as this that a lot of tax money escapes the system and the super rich don't have to pay the same taxes. Granted this is not all or maybe even the majority, but it is still a lot of people and a lot of money that is missing.
Maybe after hearing this you felt all smart and wanted to put the argument, but al they do is spend and reinvest which is good for the economy...wrong. This investing generally goes to overseas corporate investment and outside financial economies. It's the easiest way to make MORE money and it's the way a lot of people do it.
I cannot see a public health option being detrimental to the United States. While there are major problems of obesity, as Rowen said, these may be cured with the more specific attention of people doing regular visits. I mean let's face it, America is straight up ignorant about what food goes into their body. I have rarely ever seen someone take a look at the nutrition facts before reaching for those Oreo's. Yeah it gives government a bigger share in the economy but it actually is worth experimenting. It is fairly easy to transition it back into a private market if it fails, which couldn't do more harm to Americans that it currently does. I think that if a lot of Americans thought about this logically and weren't so petrified of the news anchors telling them that they will be paying for it with their hard earned money, that this would be a logically good solution.
Also a tiny rant on the insurance industry. Look at how damn big the insurance industry is. Do we really need pet insurance. Does insurance actually even help? Let's say you get into a car accident. After deductibles, travel costs, wasted time, etc you still get raped by the next year charge because somebody hit you!? What is the insurance industry coming to? The whole fundamental reason for insurance has somehow been twisted through hidden fees and out scaled ideas about what needs to be covered and what should be repaid.
