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@Ben L
Did I say capitalism has failed??
I said in its current form the trend over the past 30 years or so is for the wealth to converge at the very top. It’s only getting worse with time, the wealthy are getting wealthier and the working class of people that can no longer afford the “American Dream” is only growing. And certain socialist policies are needed correct that.
I’ve no idea why you mention the Greek financial collapse. If you’re suggesting it’s all down to “socialism” you’re very wrong.
What I was referring to was the Nordic model. Countries like Denmark, Iceland, Finland, Norway, and Sweden that afford every individual a certain safety net. Countries that coincidentally are on the top of the list for the happiest countries in the world. (Although how that is measured I’ve no idea).
I’ve no idea why you list those 9 policies as failures. They may not be perfect, but I’m not sure what you’d propose I’m their stead? That millions that can’t work should go homeless and starve?
As for you’re opinion of the NHS, it simply isn’t as bad as you think it is. There’s a huge American healthcare industry that would like you to think it is. But it simply just isn’t.
Same goes for the Yellow Jacket Protests. On the contrary, they were protesting against the tax system that protects the wealthy.
@Ben L
Socialism may be a dirty word, but capitalism isn’t all that great either. Wealth creates further wealth. So whilst there are 10s of millions who barely break even every month, the wealthiest are only getting wealthier.And with corporate lobbying the way it currently is, it allows the richest to ensure laws are enacted to allow for them to preserve their wealth.
Wealth disparities have widened over time. In 1989, the bottom 90 percent of the U.S. population held 33 percent of all wealth. By 2016, the bottom 90 percent of the population held only 23 percent of wealth. The wealth share of the top 1 percent increased from about 30 percent to about 40 percent over the same period.
Which is why certain socialist policies may lend a healthy balance within an otherwise capitalist system.
It’s not a question of jealousy, it’s that 99.9% of individuals would benefit from a policy that perhaps may make it a little more difficult for a single person to buy a $400m yacht, but would mean another million children don’t have to go bed hungry at night.
These policies work in European countries, yet Americans are so keen to argue against them, when the country would certainly benefit from them.
Take the UK’s NHS as an example. Universal healthcare no matter how rich or poor you are. It may not be perfect but it affords each and every individual the security of knowing if their health were to take a turn for the worse, they were to break a leg or have a complicated north, they’ll be taken care of without the threat of falling into debt. Paid for through taxes which means the wealthy pay in disproportionately.
Bottom line is the current system is failing millions to the benefit of the few. This isn’t just my humble opinion. But also Ray Dalio a man worth $17 billion who only stands to lose by socialist reforms.
I hardly understand the comparison to drink driving. Breaking the law doesn’t by default make one a danger to their children.
Nor should punishment for breaking any law be to separate a family. Children shouldn’t suffer unnecessarily at the hands of the law, regardless of the choices their parents make.
If actually convicted in court for illegal immigration and are to be sent to jail, than there is no choice but to separate the child from the parent, but until that point, they aren’t guilty and neither they, nor their children should suffer
@Milhouse our objection to abortion is based off our beliefs. I.e. The Torah.
What right do we have to tell our host country what their laws should or shouldn’t be?
The Torah also forbids killing (unless in exceptional circumstances, like the death penalty, and even then decided upon by a base din who try their best to exonerate the accused etc etc).
Do you oppose the death penalty this strongly too?
Doomsday-
Good luck fighting a government with a 700 billion dollar defense budget, using Walmart guns….That argument is long irrelevant.
Philosopher-
Um, I’m unsure of your math but Teruma is give or take 1.6%, Maaser Rishon is 10%, Maaser Sheini is an additional 10%…..… Along with another 21 Maatnos Kehuna
Philospher-
In Biblical times, people gave far more than 10%. Your forgetting Leket, Shikcha, Peah, Bikkurim, Terumah, Maaser Rishon, Maaser Sheini/Oni, Challa, Maaser Behiemos, Zeroah, Lechyayim Vekeyva…. The list goes on….
Do you find that disgusting and immoral too?
“It’s physically impossible to boil water at 110 degrees F. It boils at 100 Celsius”
-Neville ChiamBerlinActually, the boiling point of water is dependent on atmospheric pressure. The lower the atmospheric pressure, the lower the waters boiling point.
For example, higher altitudes. At 2400m, water boils at 92c.
In a vacuum chamber, it would absolutely be “physically” possible to boil water at 110.
Yes. 50 levels.
Tumah is the absence of kedusha within a “kli” that can hold kedusha. For example, a non Jewish corpse isn’t tamei meis as it never had the ability to have kedusha in the first place.
The 50 levels of tumah (that we’re told by Yetzias Mitzrayim the hidden were at the 49th level), are levels of kedusha we potentially could have achieved. So the yidden were essentially lacking in 49 levels of kedusha.
The only reason anybody would be against taxing the ultra wealthy is they’re either ultra wealthy already, or hope/dream to be.
Considering both those scenarios are very highly unlikely, there’s no reason why the majority of the voting population should be against the idea of higher taxes for the ultra wealthy. It only stands to benefit the many.