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>>tedsan+(OP)
This is so much money with which we could actually solve problems in the world. maybe even stop wars which break out because of scarcity issues.

maybe i am getting to old or to friendly to humans, but it's staggering to me how the priorities are for such things.

>>deknos+6a1
For less than this same price tag, we could’ve eliminated student loan debt for ~20 million Americans. It would in turn open a myriad number of opportunities, like owning a home and/or feeling more comfortable starting a family. It would stimulate the economy in predictable ways.

Instead we gave a small number of people all of this money for a moonshot in a state where they squabble over who’s allowed to use which bathroom and if I need an abortion I might die.

>>CSSer+xk1
Eliminating some student debt is a fish. Free university is the fishing rod. Do that instead.

>>nejsjs+Sw1
Free to the student sounds nice, but who pays for it in the end? And does an education lose a bit of its value when anyone can get it for free?

>>_heimd+a02
That's one of the most uneducated ignorant things I've heard anyone say in this entire discussion.

Does health insurance also lose its value when anyone can get it for free?

>>DonHop+se3
Free does not mean limitless. Where I live in EU its not uncommon to wait for over a year to see a doctor on „free” insurance and less than 24h when you pay out of your pocket.

People get free insurance but hospitals get fixed amounts of cash allowing them to admit fixed amount of patients

In this scenario the answer is yes, it loses some value. Still much better system than private care in US

>>shoo_p+Oi3
There is a queuing theory thing here! People die in the queue.

However the US system. seems to create a lot if inefficiency. There is no free lunch. But a lunch where you don't throw out as much bread as you eat is more efficient.