Capitalism

I will try my best to organise my arguments. [1] In Capitalism, one of the biggest issues is the rich / poor spectrum. In a typical Capitalist nation, there are three financial classes: rich, poor, middle. In America, there is the lower, middle and upper. However, in the America there is also a 1% of people owning 45-60% of the wealth. A common defense is "they earned it! " It is easy, however, to argue that they didn't earn it. Pretty much all of the top 1% was fed their wealth since birth. People who work to earn money, tend to fall under the middle class category. The myth is that the 1% worked to earn their cash, and it is on the fault of the government that they are this rich. That is in no way true. Even if the government taxed the rich more and more, the rich still have an unlimited supply of wealth coming from their fellow "rich worker bees". The wealthy had parents who were wealthy, who came from wealthy parents, and so on. This is part of the economic issue in America. [2] Healthcare has always been an issue in America. However, it's healthy to have this issue (no pun intended). If America has conflict with every healthcare policy, then America will never have proper medical treatment for its people. In most people's opinions, President Obama should be giving free, universal healthcare. The issue is that he is not. In the nation, if you don't use the "national" healthcare plan, you pay a fine. Why is this necessary? Well, it isn't. If the healthcare plan truly was universal, paying a fine would not be necessary. In fact, no money would come into the equation. Factually, everyone would get free healthcare and that would help everyone, no matter financial status. In Capitalism, there may be a homeless person dying of a fatal disease, that person would not be in that state in a non-Capitalist (Socialist) nation. They would not be homeless and would be treated free of charge. [3] The working class is another sub-topic that comes up in most nations. If the working class has more control of its production, more hard-working citizens are making more profit from their business. If the government controls the business more than the owners, the government also controls how much the people working are making. The working class should not be working in factories, risking their lives for the economy, just to make minimal pay. Working in a coal mine or in an oil rig, is very dangerous, therefore people working in such factories should not be receiving less than someone working as a crossing guard. Everyone, if anything, should be making the same amount of money, especially when working in the same industry. [4] Education is a political topic of sensitivity. In Socialism, education is free for everyone enrolling in school. School lunches are also free. In Socialism, scholarships are not needed. The reason being that everyone can go to college for free. College for free should sound like paradise for most people. If you can get a college education, and a doctor's, bachelor's or master's degree, with not a single penny's charge, why would you fail to seize the opportunity? The government would be funding education, so that anyone can truly live their dreams without their financial status (which would be equalised by now) getting in the way. Free education is of importance. [5] The military is commonly a major funding area for the government. In Socialism, the military is funded partially by tax dollars without costing the people more taxes. Usually when a country is at war, or is preparing for it, taxes go up. In Socialism, it is not necessary to raise taxes because there is enough wealth to pay for the military funds at base tax level. Which enriches the people, the government and the military, all in one economic function. [6] Equal rights / citizenship is another controversial issue. Equal rights for homosexuals, women, Hispanics, Blacks, and other persons is something the government focuses on quite a bit. In Socialism, everyone is equal in every aspect with regards to rights. However, this does not mean that the nation's leaders leave the borders wide open for illegal immigration. Immigration laws are still enforced, this is for the protection of the people. However, legal immigrants are given equal rights. This makes the nation more stable, and makes the ethnic vibrancy all the more special. In Kansas, recent anti-gay laws were passed greatly limited the rights of gay citizens. In Socialism, this issue would never come up. Hispanic / Black rights have also always been an issue. Your ethnicity, religious, political or social statuses would not matter. Nor would your sexual orientations, as in Socialism all are accepted.