Re: “U.S. can’t afford to keep expanding the size of its welfare state” (Oct. 27, Opinion):
Columnist Allison Schrager’s perspective was topical given the present U.S. authorities shutdown.
Whereas I’d readily agree that our “welfare state” can not develop unabated, the price of Reasonably priced Care Act well being care subsidies, which is dramatically totally different than a pure handout, is comparatively minuscule at $350 billion over 10 years or $35 billion per yr. The present annual U.S. Funds is over $6 trillion, thus $35 billion equals 58/100’s of 1%. Unfunded tax cuts, equivalent to those accredited earlier this yr, have contributed to the present $37 trillion nationwide debt.
Is it actually unreasonable for the richest nation in historical past to offer such a low price and eminently worthwhile profit to over 20 million fellow Individuals in want?
Steve Sutherland, Mercer Island
