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Healthcare is such a basic human right. Single payer for all (Medicare) should be our priority. The wealthy look at everything as theirs. Anything that needs to be done in society is "why should I pay for that?" I have a friend who makes a lot of money and he said that people who work hard should be rewarded and I asked him if he meant people who work hard or if he meant people who earn a lot of money and he didn't know what to say.
Why should the poor subsidize their income with our labor?
Edit for clarity: If the rich do not want to subsidize basic human rights then the poor should not subsidize the bank accounts of the wealthy.
I’m fucking poor bro. I’m not gonna ever be on team money.
I think we should be subsidizing people's poor reading comprehension.
the poor ... our = us
their = the rich
This commenter was asking for someone to try and justify why we (the working class) should have our labor contribute to the income of people whose existence is based on exploiting others. A perfectly reasonable question.
I could have used clearer language. It was just a misunderstanding.
Homie came to bat for the working man straight up. I can’t fault that ever.
Turns out you're so pro-poor, even your grammar is poor. :P