Thursday, September 3, 2009

We can't buy everybody health care

I keep seeing people write and hearing people say that everybody should have the right to health care.

Here are some numbers:

World Gross Domestic Product: $61 trillion (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_GDP_%28nominal%29)
World population: 6.8 billion (http://www.census.gov/main/www/popclock.html)

GDP per person: $8,971

Do you think everybody can get health care on just $8,970/year income with much of that first going to pay for food, shelter, and clothing, which take priority over health care?