I do think that we need to keep minimum wage in line with inflation. Perhaps it should be set to automatically increase with inflation each year.
I also feel for the poor. I feel for the people who truly have some unusual circumstance that prevents them from bettering their life. However, there are a lot of poor people who do nothing to improve their life or earning potential. There are many who are content to sit back, take public handouts and do nothing to improve their situations. I have a problem with paying for them to watch TV all day.
As for our health care system, perhaps it would be a good idea to quit paying for regular visits. However, this could lead to even greater costs down the road as many illnesses would be more expensive to treat because people would delay seeking care. The fact that the Swiss live longer says nothing about the health care system. Europeans are much thinner than we are. I am always struck by the difference when I go there. Americans eat like pigs and have rampant diabetes and heart disease to prove it.
