@thE_House7@jets_to_peru@NinaMinister In reality, it’s $10 per month vs $10 per month + $5 per movie. With Netflix, you already paid the cumulative cost of the movie with the subscription fee. You don’t get to watch a movie without paying the subscription either way.
@thE_House7@jets_to_peru@NinaMinister In this scenario, people may choose prime due to better quality of service, more extensive movie library, 4k streaming options, etc.
@jets_to_peru@thE_House7@NinaMinister The Medicare tax rate is at 1.45% for everyone under $200 k. That will likely increase by maybe .5% but yes, I 100% agree that it is cheaper than private. Just don’t refer it as “free”, because it’s not.
@thE_House7@NinaMinister@jets_to_peru Is 1.45% cheaper than private premiums, yes I won’t argue that. So it’s not $0, it’s actually just 1.45% of your paycheck.
@thE_House7@NinaMinister@jets_to_peru But it’s not $0 though. You are forgetting a whole tax that is specifically designed for Medicare funding. The Medicare tax which is taken out of every paycheck. Regardless if you choose M4A or private, you still pay that premium.
@jets_to_peru@thE_House7@NinaMinister I compare it more to a subscription service. You pay a fee (in this case taxes) and you are able to watch movies freely (in this case, health services). Watching a movie does not force you to pay at the time of use, but you are still paying for it by subscribing costs.
@thE_House7@NinaMinister@jets_to_peru That’s why people like Bernie Sanders refer to it as Universal Healthcare or Single Payer. It’s more accurate and more straightforward.
@thE_House7@NinaMinister@jets_to_peru Cheaper or not, there is still a cost to it. The cost just doesn’t magically disappear, it just becomes lumped into the tax increases. Therefore, not free
@TetracyclicBlow@DANCAMPBELLSZN@tweetmaster153@Axerixing Such investigations are currently unpopular nowadays (see GOP with Clinton and Banghazi and the non stop hearings in 2018-2022). Those investigations got nowhere and will continue to go nowhere until we no longer have a Trump DOJ in 2029.