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RE: Friends, brothers, Steemian! Lend me your ears!
All of that is hard for me to comprehend. An efficient government is beyond my understanding. You and I probably agree greatly about the president here.
So when you say that even the most right wing people accept the social programs in your country, do y'all not have anarchists over there? There seems to be a larger number here every day that are drawn to fundamentalist liberty.
How are the property rights over there? That's a big point for anarchists/libertarians, and I understand it has historically been of paramount importance to the Dutch. Is that still the case?
Indeed, I would not have voted for Trump if I was an USA citizen, but I did vote quite right wing in the last election. It wa a strategic vote to make sure extreme right wouldn’t get the main portion and would rule. We have a lot more flavors to choose from.
I think our healthcare was very similar to what Bernie Sanders proposed, but it is certainly not perfect, and is starting to cost the poorest still too much money ( as there is an own risk of 400 euro, but this is not on visits to hospital or doctors, but is on medicine, which means that if you are chronically ill, your costs are yearly)
Our system is similar to US that we pay insurance, the whole of Netherlands pays it, but the government decides how much insurance we pay, and the poorest get money back on their tax. Children are free, adults cost about 1200 euro a year. The government also decided which essentials are covered in the insurance ( the basic rights to see a doctor and get treated) and the cost of own risk. The government even goes and negotiated with pharmaceutical companies about the cost of new medicine and the coverage with insurance companies. So not anarchistic at all, quite controlled by the government actually. I would prefer a system like England actually, where healthcare is completely controlled by the government, and is free for everybody (NHS). So nobody pays directly.
It has its flaws as well, but at least everybody gets treated, always. The costs are rising, and people are complaining, as well, so there is no perfect. But I would want this over the fact that people need to start raising money to get treated for deseases.
I’m intrigued what you mean with property rights. I’m not familiar with what you are revering to.
I own a house, but bought it via the bank, and have a mortgage. I think that is similar to everywhere else.