Not trying to be snarky but just how does the stock market influence your real life? It impacts mine not at all.
Betteer market means more groth. In my construction career, I have seen construction projects go up when times are good than when times are bad. Good times means more jobs for my employees and their families. I like them earning money.
Nor do I care if you like paying the highest price for health care in the world for a health care system that is no better than 34th in the world, and by certain metrics below that of some third world countries. I am retired, on social security, medicare, and medicaid.
I think we have different views on viewing good things. I think if you would like those health care programs from the other world, possibly move to them, live in them, have a trial run and see if they are as great. And if so, the USA won't stop you. Is that a wrong thing?
But then again the current, privatized, health care system is so profitable for the few, why should anyone object to their obscene profits?
Serious answer: Because American medicine has the profit incentive to develop better and newer drugs. During the USSR time, did their medicine R&D program develop anything that rivaled the US? There are flaws to the US health care system, it's far from perfect. But a commie take over of it to make it under a government program, doesn't seem to sit well with me, seeing how well the State runs other things.
If you are so dead set against "communism" (really socialism) I suggest you quit paying taxes, tell your police and fire departments that you no longer desire their services, and stop buying insurance. All of those are socialism.
Do you define Communism and Socialism differently?? I mean, you were past schooling when they great change happened in our schools where we stopped teaching the evils of communism. Must have happened sometime after I graduated. I pay a portion of my pay check for my health insurance. My company pays out a lot more than I do for it. They pay it to a company, held privately, not by the government. That company does try to make a profit on this. I don't see how my purchasing insurance is socialism on any spectrum. Unless we start redefining things.
For Taxes, I say pay them, but we shouldn't be burdened by overpaying for stupid ***. Paying taxes for your country for basic protection of your rights, would be more Federalism. At least I would say that. I don't hate taxes. I hate my money going to waste due to politicians spending on ***they need not to, rather than things they should, like roads and dams.
I won't tell me fire department I don't desire their services. I don't have fire trucks and hoses to help me extinguish a house fire. I can source that out to them. Police, well since they can't really follow me everywhere, I legally carry firearms on my person, to protect myself and family from those that would harm us. I take personal responsibility in that. I don't expect the police to follow me around and I don't have billions of dollars like Bloomberg to hire my private guard.
I don't think I replied with any snark, I certainly didn't intend any in my honest replies to you. Also I sincerely hope you don't mind me quoting then replying to your lines. I know some people lose their ***over it. I just hope it helps me address your remarks directly. Lots of points to cover, ya know?
hashtag inb4 some otherfuckboi comes in calling me racist whilst calling me slurs in another language.