I agree with the OP, this movie almost entirely shirks its responsibility to subvert the patriarchal hegemony. I award it two out of ten burning bras.

the problem with MA is that it appears not to be the wealthy subsidizing the sick, but the healthy who subsidize them. one need only compare insurance rates between MA and other states for younger people to get the idea that universal coverage has become another means of wealth transfer from the young to the old. as with crumbling infrastructure, ballooning debt, and an underfunded social security program, we're sticking future generations with the bill because they can't stop us.

His point is that such a 100% tax would barely bump the needle of government spending, whether you use the money for handouts or infrastructure. Meanwhile, the good this additional spending would do must be balanced against the disincentive to create wealth any such additional tax would effect.

occam's razor suggests not

this is plausible because there are more drivers with lower BAC. On the other hand, it's undoubtedly more likely that a driver registering between 0.08 and 0.10 will get into an accident. similarly, far more accidents are caused by people driving the speed limit than are caused by people driving 200 MPH. it's a deliberately deceptive statistic.

this is what we need more of in the world. disparate cultures spanning continents and centuries, each making its unique contribution to public works projects that benefit everyone.

less corruptible != more moral

if you're worth $50 million, you're much less likely to risk your career over a $100K bribe than if $100K constitutes your after-tax salary.

If anything, I would argue for drastically increasing the salaries of politicians, in the manner of Singapore, where the president earns 5X Obama's salary. This would make them more difficult to corrupt, and also likely increase the pool of high-quality candidates willing to run for public office. (If you can make 10X more in the private sector, politics is going to be a hard sell.)

just like happened to ebay when they jacked their fees up?

yes I do!

I have schizophrenia, and I don't smoke.

this suggests an easy way to reduce government spending without impacting services. how long until they can run for elected office?

just like sometimes you have to pay through the nose to take a flight at the last minute with no choice of carrier. that doesn't mean there's no competition in the airline industry.

You can't just up and become a commercial pilot either. The same goes for any number of other careers in industries generally considered competitive.

and they mumbled 'Mayer' so it sounded like 'Miller'

you don't expect the French to surrender as easily as that, do you?

in that case, his Dad's pretty smart. not everyone predicted app stores 12 years ago