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2 things that I feel hurt US and probably be why we lose to China.

1) Predatory college loans (which lead to overpriced education)

2) healthcare tied to employers where providers can charge after they provide service months later. Very little transparency and insane markup.

Both are very specific to US, and absurd compared to every other wealthy nation.

Fixing education and healthcare to be reasonable for lower and middle class would do wonders for this country. Currently millions are in perpetual debt due to medical bills and college loans. They won’t start companies and build great things.



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