'Eco-friendly' paper and bamboo straws contain PFAS chemicals, study finds
'Eco-friendly' paper and bamboo straws contain PFAS chemicals, study finds
Researchers found low concentrations of so-called forever chemicals in various "eco-friendly" straws, raising doubts about whether they're an appropriate alternative.
Researchers found low concentrations of so-called forever chemicals in various "eco-friendly" straws, raising doubts about whether they're an appropriate alternative.
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If it can't be debunked then it's pseudoscience. Science requires a hypothesis be falsifiable. The quality of life in America is beaten by several countries. Take a look at any quality of life ranking. Here are a few: https://www.worlddata.info/quality-of-life.php https://worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankings/standard-of-living-by-country https://www.usnews.com/news/best-countries/rankings/quality-of-life https://www.numbeo.com/quality-of-life/rankings_by_country.jsp
The US doesn't crack top ten in any of these. Look at life expectancy: https://www.worldometers.info/demographics/life-expectancy/ https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SP.DYN.LE00.IN?most_recent_value_desc=true
Asking for a country that "isn't capitalism" is a trick question because a lot of these quality of life improvements come from socialist policies.
And which of those countries are not capitalist?
There is no such thing as socialist policies. Socialism is an economic system. Otherwise, America would be the largest socialist nation since we spend trillions on social programs.
The quality of life in America is second to none.
This was your claim and I debunked it very easily. Do you think government-provided healthcare is capitalism? The US does spend a lot of money, but that doesn't prove anything other than the US having a lot of money.
You didn’t debunk it. You gave a counter point.
Based on some arbitrary score, they feel we are lower.
Yet, we have millions of people trying to move here every year. I think that shows their score isn’t as accurate as they think c
We can always improve but it’s why people come here. The opportunity to do better.
Yes I think government provided health care can be part of capitalism. It seems like you don’t understand capitalism.
Did you know our founding fathers supported government healthcare?
I've offered rankings based on metrics, you've just offered your opinion, but somehow you think others are arguing based on feelings. People trying to move to the US just means places that are worse exist. No one is arguing against this. What part of government-provided health care is capitalism?
Capitalism is an economic system and not a political system. The hospitals were built with capital from investors.
The government is paying a rate to the hospitals. There is nothing in our political system that prevents that.Economics and politics are tightly intertwined. Economics is essentially how resources are distributed.
They are intertwined but not the same.
Capitalism is just a fancy way to say people take money and start businesses. It is a time-tested and proven system. It is the only system of economics that a consistent track record for success.
Your political structure is the laws dealing with everything else. No laws stop the government from taking tax money and paying for medical expenses. None. We already do it under the law. Medicare/Medicaid/VA are all government programs. There could be more, but those are three I know of.
WE could vote for all sorts of things to spend our tax money on. Capitalism doesn't stop that. We could restrict our workdays to give hours. Capitalism wouldn't stop that.
What does stop that is politicians.
Okay, so by your definition, government-provided healthcare is not "people take money and start businesses" thus the quality of life increases are not attributable to capitalism.
The hospitals are funded by capital. The tax money is an outcome of capitalism. The government paying for your health insurance is just a government function.
Now I have employer-provided insurance as many Americans do. I fully support a tax paid health care single payer system. I think it makes economic sense. That doesn't make it socialism. Just like the roads are not socialism, the water supply, etc. It is just what was voted on to do with our money.
I do qualify for VA care but I don't use it since I have private medical insurance. I live fairly close to a VA center but I have never seen the need to use it.