My old boss felt this way about the industry (healthcare/emergency services). This attitude literally drove all our quality providers away. Now my supervisor has the mentality that our goal is to make our industry better for ourselves and for each class (yearly graduates). How much we suffered is a reminder of what we are building away from, not a litmus for “trial by fire” of our new hires. I took a slight paycut (but better work/time off cycle) to take this job just to escape the “I walked uphill both ways naked so they can too” mentally. I don’t understand the idea that other people getting better treatment than I got will somehow hurt me.

I want to tax billionaires and churches their fair share, but if raising my taxes gave everyone healthcare I would do it. First, it would probably save money getting private insurance out of peoples lives, but also the overall benefit to society outweighs any small burden I would shoulder. I see myself as a pretty antisocial person, and I rarely want to interact with others. I don’t think the people I want to avoid should suffer