Nothing is perfect, but we can do better.

Many Conservative Americans have a bizarre hatred for the government- not a hatred of specific politicians or specific laws, but of the government as a whole concept. At the same time, they have a naive acceptance of the actions of big business, as if corporations would never engage in actions that harm the consumer.

With the rise of automation, it is absolutely impossible for there to be full employment. An economic system like Capitalism that is dependent on the majority of the population working is doomed to failure. An economic system where the wealth is amassed in the hands of very few while the bulk of the population can barely survive has already failed- and for some reason, people in the US accept that as the way things should be.

I’m not going to pretend there is any way to get past this beyond increasing education, and the GOP is adamantly against the populace being educated.

So, this concept of a Utopia does not provide any path to get there from here. It is just a description of what the society would be, and perhaps could be, if implemented in other nations.

The economic system would be Socialist, quite close to Communist. The government would be a meritocracy, not a democracy or a republic.

Economics

The government would own all land, and all natural resources, like mineral rights and lumber. Miners and lumber workers would be government employees. Companies would pay the government rent to be able to build buildings on particular sites of land.

These would be the primary sources of revenue for the government.

In addition, there would be income taxes, beginning with people earning 100k a year, who would pay 1% on their income from 100k to 110k. It would go up 1% for each 10k tier, until 99% of income above 200k goes to the government. Anyone earning less than 100k would pay no taxes.

Anyone with an income more than 200k would be living a lifestyle comparable to American Billionaires, while on paper being Millionaires; and because of increased opportunities, there would be a whole lot more of them.

Employment

Everyone has all of their bare necessities paid for by the government.

Most people want more than bare necessities, so they strive to earn more in the private sector. Since jobs are limited because of automation, they have three options: Careers, Jobs, and Creativity.

1.) Careers require advanced degrees, and specialized knowledge. Advanced education is provided by the government for in-demand professions. For example, if the nation needs more doctors and fewer lawyers, then Medical School would be free, but not Law School. They would have to pay for that themselves.

2.) Most unskilled or minimally skilled jobs would be replaced by automation. The few that remain would be for very few hours a week, for no more than a decade, and would provide relatively earn high wages. This would allow for everyone who wants those jobs to have a shot, and for them to earn enough to give them a “middle class” lifestyle for the rest of their lives.

3.) Residual income professions, like art, music, writing, etc. where one earns royalties from creative products sold to consumers. This would also include restaurants, bars, nightclubs, and other private businesses. Depending on how good they are, they could become very wealthy, and evolve into huge corporations.

Services

All electricity is provided by the government. Communications systems, like internet service and cell service, is provided by the government. Water, sewage, garbage pickup- all provided by the government.

Medical care, police, fire departments, education including universities, are all provided by the government, and professionals in those industries are government employees.

Private medical clinics, private schools, etc. can exist, but they must conform to strict government regulations on quality of care and educational topics.

Agriculture is grown in vertical farms, some government, some corporate. There are also vertical ranches, growing cattle, chicken, sheep, pigs and goats in skyscrapers.

Public transportation in urban areas is free.

Everyone has a government issued card allowing them to buy basic food and clothing. No one is homeless, no one is starving. If that means no one has solid gold toilet bowls, so be it.

Health Care

As stated, health care would be provided by the government, as a government service.

I have no clue why conservatives object to this concept so vehemently.

Right now, if you come home and see your house was robbed, you can call the police. They come, take your statement, and investigate. You do not have to directly pay them anything.

If they find the criminal and arrest him, you still do not have to pay them anything. The police patrol the streets as a preventative measure to stop crime- again, you do not have to pay them anything directly.

You pay them indirectly, through taxes. We all do, collectively.

If your house is burning, the fire department comes and puts out the fire. You do not even have to call them- if a neighbor spots it, they call the fire department. They do not charge your "Fire Insurance" first. They don't check your credit rating first. They do not give you an invoice after. They are paid collectively, by the government, through our taxes.

I do not see many conservatives wanting police and fire departments to be in the private sector as a pay per use service.

Yet, for some reason, they consider medical care to be different. In all three cases, an emergency happens, and people need help. It is not a luxury, it is a necessity. In all three cases, people require preventative measures to help stop emergencies from happening in the first place.

In all three cases, it is to the benefit of all of us to handle these problems as fast and as early as possible- fire spreads from house to house, crime happens in waves, and illnesses spread.

It is simply logical, it just makes SENSE, to anyone who bothers to think about this issue that we NEED Universal Health Care coverage. Yes, Obamacare has problems, Trumps idea was worse, and nobody is bringing up the VA. There are plenty of nations with successful single-payer health care systems for us to emulate, instead of going back to what we had before Obamacare- which was the WORST health care system in the developed world.