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I wasn’t intending for them just to throw money at the problem. But yeah, investing 1/6 in yearly US healthcare expenditures would probably make a big difference. Look at what the Gates Foundation does already, and programs like PEPFAR have done in the developing world.
Are race and gender social constructs then? I'm confused over what a trait is vs. characteristic. Perhaps a fundamental within the modern debate would help. What is the hierarchy of things acquired at birth, and what steps do they go in?
Race is a social construct; gender, too. I’m not interested in those discussions, as they aren’t germane to this topic.
No, but that's probably true too. I mean that the excess of government- backed lending has led to increasing prices and the availability of loans has left college educated people deep in debt, while people learning the trades don't have to go into the same kind of debt.
So its fair to say that you believe healthcare in this country is worse now than its bee in the past 2-3 decades? Im trying to determine what constitutes "crumbling health care".
One. High school friend of parents, started telecom/cell business and sold it. Seattle area.
i didn't answer it because you are all over the place here with things that are far afield from the original (albeit not super on-point) question. I would suggest it being in a separate topic.
Thanks for the response. I'm not sure how far afield either the original question or I am being. His has no neat fits, that's for sure. It's rather broad and open-ended and plaintive in a way. It's silly. But I respectfully disagree with the characterization of my own as far afield. As soon as someone starts talking about "smarts," and "heritability," that's when I come in. The person I responded to had immediately stated that "smarts" were heritable. I wondered by how much, to what degree, and if heritable, could that be ascribed to demographic groups.
Because they increase the prices of things they don't need.
Because student loan debt is basically higher education old people sticking it to the young people so they can get rich and you can stay poor.
Maybe as a very small pct of overall buying. But in this country we need to build 1.5 million new homes per year to keep up with population growth and we haven't built 1.5 million since 2007-2008 when the bubble burst. What we have currently is an undersupply of homes
Billionaires buying up all the houses probably explains something like 0.001% of housing prices.
OK, let’s say it is. Doesn’t change my original point about the role luck plays in becoming a billionaire.
What do you think the single biggest factor contributing to the paucity of billionaires? Lack of hard workers? Wrong race or gender?
False. I had my eye on a 250K , 1600 sq ft home near the school and this billionaire swooped in and scooped it up. He didnt even need it.
It’s been crappy for a while now. Some parts are worse (scarcity of primary care docs, life expectancy), some better (cancer care). Overall, we ain’t getting a lot of bang for the buck.
Have you had trouble finding a primary care doctor?
I haven’t, but it certainly is a big problem, created in part by the reimbursement system.
Technically, yes I guess I do work in heath care (although not directly). Its irrelevant as Im asking what Im not seeing. So far, nothing you have mentioned comes close to "crumbling health care". If something is crumbling, that means it is getting worse. Im not seeing that. I was hoping you (or others) could show me my blind spot.
If you put $1B in an investment account that grows at 5%, you'd have to spend over $50MM just to begin whittling away at that billion. This is how/why the rich get richer.
With Student Loan debt topping 1.5 trillion it would take 1500 billionaires to give a full billion apiece, impoverishing them, to solve the crisis, presuming, of course that paying off the public debt solves the crisis, private debt would still be out there. For health car the figures are worse.
Dude that's under a million a week to spend. Do you really expect people to budget themselves to that extent?
I met Larry Ellison years ago, back when he and Oracle were much more relevant. He’s the only billionaire that I’ve met and talked to briefly.
And I knew a guy who said he was abducted by aliens. No offense to you, but I need first hand experience to sway my beliefs.
