Ben LaHayne

Is manliness a scam?

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Universal health care map

70% of the world’s population has universal healthcare, but not the US

We are the only highly developed nation without it

Our healthcare is twice as expensive as the average wealthy nation

US ranks last among industrial nations for deaths that could be prevented with timely access to healthcare

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Lowering prices across industries could lead to deflation which is bad for everyone. What we really need is increased wages without corporations raising costs. They can afford to do this at their current profits.

I feel like language is important, but am I just being pedantic?

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Tax Payments by Undocumented Immigrants Undocumented immigrants paid $96.7 billion in federal, state, and local taxes in 2022. Providing access to work authorization for undocumented immigrants would increase their tax contributions both be...

Undocumented workers pay nearly $100B year in state and federal taxes, including: "$25.7 billion in Social Security taxes, $6.4 billion in Medicare taxes, and $1.8 billion in unemployment insurance taxes in 2022."

Amount of services received for the payroll taxes paid?

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Ben Stein is a conservative economist. He reshot this scene during Trump 1.0 on behalf of the National Retail Federation to point out how damaging tariffs are.

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