Socialism (new challenger)

In this round I'll be presenting my closing arguments. "Private" Health Insurance:Although health insurance today is issued privately, we are far from a private, free market health care system, which is the point I am making here. There are many laws, regulations, and restrictions placed on the health care industry currently (1). In a free market capitalist system, this would not be the case. Income Inequality:A study conducted by a Harvard researcher actually finds that income inequality, while being detrimental in poor and undeveloped countries, actually encourages economic growth in developed countries such as the United States (2). There is more evidence to support this claim. For example, economist Patrizio Pagano examined the direction of causation in the relationship between income inequality and economic growth using a method known as a Granger Causality test (3), which establishes “predictive causality”. According to the causality tests he ran, income inequality causes slower economic growth in poor countries, but it increases growth in developed countries (4). Economists from the OECD, Harvard, and Australian National University examined 12 developed nations over several decades and conclude: “After 1960, a one percentage point rise in the top decile’s income share is associated with a statistically significant 0.12 point rise in GDP growth during the following year" (5). According to research from a Spanish economist: “[My] results suggest that income inequality and economic growth are positively related when country specific effects are taken into account" (6). To add onto this point, as I pointed it out in previous arguments, economic growth increases overall wealth and reduces poverty and unemployment (7)(8). Definition of healthcare: the maintenance and improvement of physical and mental health, especially through the provision of medical services. (9)Definition of health insurance: A type of insurance coverage that pays for medical and surgical expenses that are incurred by the insured. Health insurance can either reimburse the insured for expenses incurred from illness or injury or pay the care provider directly. (10)Rights: Three natural rights are life, liberty, and property. This means that no matter who you are, where you are from, what color you are, what your beliefs are, etc. These are three things that will always be with you, and cannot be taken away through force (11). As you can see, health insurance is not a right. This is because you must deprive others of their rights to fulfill the "right" to health insurance. Basing arguments for the right to health insurance on emotional levels when referencing those who are ill who cannot somehow get insurance is an appeal to emotion fallacy (12). It is an illogical argument. Society without taxation:A society without taxation could very well exist. We see products and sectors of society that are currently paid for without taxes that are thriving. Such examples would include:Cell phonesATMsComputersFoodCarsComputersInternet (while you could argue that the government invented the Internet, it was actually being developed before the government got involved(16))BooksCableNetflixHuluAnd many, many more. It's not like we see millions and millions of people in America suffering because of "high costs" in these sectors. As a matter of fact, prices for these goods/services can actually be very low, and run extremely efficient, yet government infrastructure and public schooling is beginning to degrade (13)(14). As a final closing argument, I would like to point out that I shared numerous studies and cases in favor of economic liberalization and how it spurs economic growth as compared to government funding and progressive taxation, and my opponent used one example, one which is not as great as it is made out to be (15). Once again I would like to thank Pro for a great debate!1. . http://www.ncsl.org...2. . http://www.nber.org...3. . http://en.wikipedia.org...4. . http://www.uib.cat...5. . http://papers.ssrn.com...6. . https://ideas.repec.org...7. . http://journalistsresource.org...8. . http://papers.ssrn.com...9. . https://www.google.com...10. . https://www.google.com...11. . http://billofrightsinstitute.org...12. . https://yourlogicalfallacyis.com...13. . http://www.infrastructurereportcard.org...14. . http://object.cato.org...15. . http://mises.org...16. . http://fee.org...