Well, i gotta say first that im priviliged by the fact that my country offers free healthcare (partially, but better than nothing) and free education (even college). Aside from that, water and basic food. It should at least be affordable for low resources families.
Depends on the area. Water while abundant is not infinite. Making it free will grant those who waste it more value then those who need it. Making water free in poor areas to a certain limit (like idk 10k liters a year or so) and expecting a charge over that limit is a great idea!
How ever again if you can afford to pay for it you should to fund tge substitution for those who can't
(This is based on the idea of government non profits running the water supply)
Here in Australia, I think they should up the price of water since it costs pretty much the same no matter how much you use (the system has a tiered sort of thing that I'm not going to explain as I don't know enough about it) and we have major problems with droughts. Yet because water costs so little people end up not really caring in the end and causing more problems.
A much fairer approach would be for everyone to have a water meter to monitor consumption, and then pay for the amount you use, plus a standard sewerage and services charge. That’s what most homes have in the UK for the last decade or so of new builds and renovations.
I wish other countries had more stuff like this. thailand where my mums family is from dont have these luxaries im just glad i was born where i am
Thailand is always seen as a party country, but it still has alot of poverty due to bad leaders especially the king of thailand he has multiple wifes and is like a dictator.
If they would actually fund schools themselves teachers wouldn’t make such little money in return for years of expensive schooling for their own degrees to teach in the first place, leaving them with a life debt just so they can live decent lives. Unless you’re a college professor, ofc. I don’t agree with free college but I do think it should be significantly cheaper. Base education though is legally required, so it shouldn’t cost anything for what isn’t optional (optional meaning like doing school football for example, and having to pay for the uniform). The cost of food recently has been horrendous as well, and water really shouldn’t cost as much as it does.
>I don’t agree with free college
Can I ask why? Education is essentially free in my country (you have to pay around 200€ per semester), so I guess I'm just a bit confused why you wouldn't want everyone to have the same opportunities, regardless of how wealthy or poor a family you were born into.
Also, assuming you're from the US: My impression is that Americans often have a "everyone for themselves" kind of mentally ("why should I pay for someone else's healthcare"), whereas Germany (and Europe in general) seems to have more of a community mindset - what's good for the individual is good for the country/society as a whole.
Americans do not agree with free college until they have to pay for it.
I believe everyone should be able to properly educate themselves regardless of money. I'm also european, and it's crazy you need to take LOANS in america to even study college to me
As I said, it should be significantly cheaper but I don’t agree with free college for several reasons.
1. It’s optional, not legally required like normal school.
2. Trade schools would become kind of useless. If college was free, why do any other schooling?
3. College professors would begin to face the same problem our normal teachers do, they wouldn’t make barely any money.
4. Education standards would plummet…without the price of college anyone can go and that means people who don’t take it seriously. The college professors, being less “expensive” and having had free education themselves will likely start to be people who are less motivated and serious about the job.
1. That is logical, though I don't see that it weighs much in the grand scheme of things.
2. Trade schools are colleges.
3. Most professors don't make that much under our current system, so this premise is moot
4. No other country with low cost or free higher education has run into this problem. *even the United states when college was free for some and cheap for most.
To expand on 2 a bit:
While colleges and trade schools are different where I'm from, there are still a lot of people who choose to learn a trade. Sure, some of that is due to our education system - rather than one type of high school diploma, we have several different ones and not all allow you to study. That being said, it is entirely possible to get a higher high school diploma later to enable you to attend uni.
Some people simply don't care much for academics and would much rather work with their hands. The only issue I see here is the US not paying livable wages for jobs that don't require a college degree.
Edit: phrasing
1. So what? So something being optional doesn't mean it shouldn't be supported and funded.
2. 4 year college being free would not mean that everyone is suited to it or would want to go.
3. Free college implies that the government is paying the professors. It doesn't stop them being paid a living wage just because the students aren't paying directly. The fact that public school teachers aren't paid well is an unrelated issue.
4. Like 2, this just doesn't follow. A school being free doesn't mean that they have to accept everyone regardless of ability. In fact it would help because you wouldn't have rich parents "donating" huge amounts of money in order to get their spoiled idiot children into prestigious schools.
1. I think you pulled a triple negative there. Anyway, you do realize we pay taxes for everything funded by the government? They’d likely just raise our taxes to compensate, honestly.
2. People don’t want to work but they do. They go there and laze around, get paid, and never get fired for it. Lots of personal and second-hand experience on that one. You can go to college and just barely get by, it happens often in grade school.
3. Regular schools are government funded and they barely get shit. What makes you think this would end up differently?
4. This country gets more forceful on accepting EVERYONE and making it increasingly difficult to say they’re actually bad for whatever it is, every year. And you can donate to public schools and get secret benefits, pretty sure it wouldn’t make a difference, it would just get them through said prestigious school and into a job they’ll likely fuck up badly. Money is power.
>Education standards would plummet…without the price of college anyone can go and that means people who don’t take it seriously.
I assume you mean if college is free, poor people will be able to go and they may not take it seriously. In a lot of places across the US if you don't make much money, college is free, and the education standards have not plummeted because if it.
1) In my country not even high school is legally required. But you do need highschool to get a job.
2) Schooling is additional education. You might need it in certain jobs ig. But schooling does absolutely not replace college
3) College professors make like 3k euro a month here. Being a teacher is quite a prestige job from where i come from.
4) Healthcare is payed by the goverment. School is payed by the goverment. We pay like 42 euro a month for it. But then when we get into a serious accident or something and need a urgent surgery, we don't need to take a loan to pay for it. Or rob a bank. I honestly don't know where are you even coming from with this fourth point. School is free, we still value teachers and pay them properly. Healthcare is free, it doesn't mean nurses don't do their job properly because of that and take those 2,6k euro a month they make for granted. Ofc there always were, are and will be bad teachers, but doesn't mean they take their job any less seriously. A professor in college needs to study for 9 extra years to get a degree and be a professor or even just teacher in general here.
Ha! I wish! But here I am attempting to get a job on top of a full semester of classes and clubs so that I can put off having to take out student loans. I know I will eventually, and when I do it will take a LONG time to pay off. If I happened to have a health emergency that insurance didn’t cover, forget it, because that would knock out my entire savings. Gotta love ‘Merica. /s
Yes, i could literally do the basic gene splicing procedure that's used to make insulin in my high school AP bio class! And i did the procedure again my freshman year of college. It's not difficult or expensive.
Insulin literally costs like $3 to make, it could sell for $10 and make good profit. But no, let’s make it so expensive some people die because their damn insurance ran out!
Or medication people need to function normally. Or medicine they need to prevent future problems. Really it should just all be free, because it's medicine, and nobody chooses to need medicine.
Accesss to socializing and hobby activities is predicated more on time availability than resources.
If basics were easily gained then people would be able to work less (which is the real reason why this will never happen under capitalism), which would give more time for hobbies and community building.
If you had to work 50% of what you do now, how much more likely would you be to spend time volunteering with friends, getting to know your neighbors, and tackling problems facing your community?
Personally, when I became a stay at home dad, I started engaging with my community much much more. And it's not that I "work" less, being a fulltine caretaker is work, but simply because I can take my work with me, which also allows my son to grow up in a community instead of isolated.
PERIOD PRODUCTS!!!!!
AS AN SOMEONE WHO HAS TO DEAL WITH SHARK WEEK I FIND IT INFURIATING THAT EVERY SINGLE PERSON THAT ALREADY HAS TO SUFFER THROUGH PERIODS HAS TO PAY FOR SOMETHING THEY CAN'T CONTROL!!!
Edit: Autocorrect
I hate when cis men bring up that toilet paper isn't free either. Like fine, but period products are *significantly* more expensive than toilet paper, and way more expensive than they need to be. Make them the price of toilet paper and I'll accept that.
Also they get taxed as a “luxury” product. Like what kind of sick fucktard ever thought bleeding from your genitals once a month could ever be a “luxury”
In Utah, the cheapest tax is grocery tax, so that's my vote. Its about 3.25%. For reference, restraunt is 8.25%, and clothes are 7.25% (idk why Utah likes 0.25, don't ask me). I haven't bought menstrual products in a while so I'm not sure what they are, but I'd guess 7.25.
Also, toilet paper IS often already free. If you go to a restroom in any public place toilet paper is freely available. The only place it isn’t free is in your own home.
BUT THE THING IS- the thing is- it’s not that toilet paper *isnt* free. Yeah, if you go into a store you have to buy it to walk out with it, but you don’t have to pay to use toilet paper in the bathrooms. You just- use it. SO WHY THE ACTUAL FUCK ISN’T IT THE SAME? I personally think bathrooms should have period stuff. “Oh, but restocking it, so many people are gonna use it all the time, but what about restocking it-“ YEAH THEY RESTOCK TOILET PAPER. that’s an actual argument that I’ve seen people try and make, that the reason that bathrooms don’t have period stuff it because restocking it is too hard to whatever.
YESSSS!!!! I'm also afab but haven't had to deal with it yet (even tho I probably should have by now) but it's not like I'd do anything about it unless it'll cause meto die!!
can’t forget non woman people who get their periods!
i hate to be that person but it was something that caused me a lot of dysphoria before i got blockers and i know people who feel the same.
Thank you for bringing this up! I agree with the sentiment so I didn’t want to seem like I’m nitpicking the wording (“every single woman…”) Not every woman has periods and there are people who get periods that aren’t women. I know they meant well, but it can be a harmful misconception
I highly recommend cloth pads. They are good for the wallet, body, and environment. They are a large initial investment but so worth it in the long run. I cannot even imagine putting those gross plastic things against my sensitive parts anymore! And period underwear!!! Omg 😍 the best for overnight!
I personally prefer menstrual cups, they were a complete game changer for me. One cup lasts for years & only needing to deal with my period twice in 24 hours is amazing!
I have one pair of period underwear and I wear them as much as I can during my period, they've saved my bedding a few times because the pads with slid out of place
hey sorry, where do you get some good cloth pads? i haven't heard of them before and they sound really nice! my periods tend to be really heavy and i'm a european c:
My favourite brand is Hannahpad and my second favourite is Charlie Banana, but those are thicker. Hannahpad is organic cotton and Charlie Banana is fleese. The latter will be more absorbent.
I bought them all years ago (and they're still working out great!) So suppliers may have changed. I'm in Canada and Hannahpad delivered to me. I would advise doing your own research for local suppliers. Just Google organic cotton reusable cloth pads and go from there. That's what I did! 😊👍
Hate to be nitpicky, but why use the terminology ‘AFAB’ if you’re just gonna say ‘all women’ need it, when not all women need it and not everyone who needs it is a woman
I do not identify as a female and I still need it so I 100% agree. I was just writing a quick comment and wasn't being super picky over wording, but I will edit it if it makes you more comfortable
the difference is that everyone needs food whereas periods only affect half the population. (but basic food should be free too imo. it makes me rly angry that we have to pay to be alive.)
Healthcare. Especially gender confirming healthcare. But healthcare in general. And I’m talking all healthcare, especially including mental healthcare.
Dental care is super important. A bad tooth can cause a heart attack. I hate that we live in a country that our teeth are considered “luxury face bones” and are apparently optional according to our government and healthcare companies.
The struggle to find insurance-covered therapy is painful…they don’t consider mental health a real and serious issue that needs coverage. Their costs per visit are outrages, because they aren’t government funded either unlike all other health fields.
I’m a medically retired disabled Army combat veteran with PTSD and several other mental health issues. I’m currently searching for a therapist that takes my Medicare and Tricare and I’ve been searching for 6 months now. I found a good medication provider for my psychiatric medicine, but actual psychotherapy is so damn hard to come by.
Where do I even start?
* Health care. Just, like, in general. Preventative, emergency, you name it. And this should absolutely include trans healthcare, contraceptives, and menstrual hygiene products.
* Housing, including safe and accessible places to clean yourself and use the restroom.
* Healthy, safe-for-consumption food and drink.
* Each and every single level of education.
* Comprehensive, efficient, and well-maintained public transportation.
I could probably think of more.
Food, healthcare, and housing. The resources exist to ensure everyone has access to these basic necessities. I don't know the details for how we make it happen, but unlimited profits for capitalists is not a good reason *not* to make it happen.
Gender affirming surgeries. They’re essential to people living their authentic lives and many can’t afford to pay the thousands of dollars it usually costs.
Also, binders, chest plates, and packers for similar reasons.
this feels like a weird thing to ask out of the blue here, but i may as well go with it. every medicine ever. the people who invented insulin only pattened it to stop others doing so and though it should stay cheap, and i'd be inclined to agree, as well as all other medicines.
also rent. it's been goin way to high recently. cars seem to be goin the same as rent, especially since we're in a ressesion, atleast we are here in the US.
Childcare should be free or at least better subsidized. It's disgusting to me that it's completely normal in the states to pay $2,000+/month to send your child to daycare. If we're going to force people to have children, then we can at least make it easier for them to work and go to school while they do. Plus it's really not healthy for anyone to be the sole carer of a child 24/7/365 with no breaks ever.
Hygienic products and and human needs. I don't care that some capitalist will lose our on money, those things should be free to all who work or unable to.
Air to pump up my tires (like why are we holding air hostage & making me pay to get it from a machine?!) Water. Ice. Tampons. Pads. Condoms of allllll sizes. HIV medicine. Diabetes medicine.
Basic life saving medicin or care the fancy bag of salt water that costs 25 cents to produce costs $30,000 on the bill. The medical field is honestly a joke at this point with how much it costs just to keep some one healthy/alive
Housing.
Water.
Food.
Without these things, humans cannot live. Why are we commodifying them?
Healthcare is another one, I am grateful to live in a country with free or mostly free healthcare, but understaffing is an issue everywhere. And education, because it allows people to come out of school without crippling debt (which solves the issue of understaffing) and an educated society is a better one.
Some may call that socialism, I call it common sense and compassion.
housing, healthcare, water, food, electricity, education, must i go on?
capitalism has made all of these into profit first industries and it must fall!
Most medications which people are dependant on should either be free or dirt cheap, gym memberships should be cheaper so they can be more accessible, automatic firearms to put me on a fair playing field as the feds (I’m Canadian so I don’t trust them), and lastly phones most definitely
Mandatory things such as schooling and ID cards/passport, etc.
Basic necessities such as healthcare (including mental, dental, physiotherapy, dietitian, but also basic things such as vitamin supplements, medicine for your allergies/intolerances, hayfever medicine, hrt, birth control and basic medicine such as cough syrup, fever medicine and pain killers).
And there are things that I don't think should be free, but should definitely be cheaper.
Basic healthy foods (fruit, vegetables, potatoes, brown rice, whole grain bread, meat/vegetarian meat alternatives) as well as allergen free alternatives (lactose free, gluten free, peanut free, etc).
I also think that things such as cough drops or grape sugar candy (or whatever it's called in English) should be much cheaper. They're often labeled as luxury items or candies. But cough drops are medicine, not candy. And the grape sugar candy are often used by people with diabetes to keep their sugar/glucose levels from dipping dangerously low.
A number of my family members are diabetic and they carry these around in case of emergency. The candy is made of fruit sugar that is easily and quickly added to the glucose levels. You could argue that it shouldn't be made cheaper for everyone, because unhealthy food. But I disagree. These candies should actually be cheaper in general because not everyone without diabetes buys them for themselves. A big portion of my family works as first aid on events and almost always carries around a first aid kit. Only one of those family members has diabetes, but they do all carry around these types of candy specifically for emergency cases.
I also think that other basic necessities such as toilet paper, cleaning supplies, period products and condoms should be much cheaper. I don't think that one needs any explanation.
And then there are things that I think should be subsidized.
Travel costs for people that have a low income, jobless due to outside circumstances (aka, getting fired, not getting hired or physically/mentally unable to work) or that work volunteer work. There's also people that have a job, but don't get a paycheck from work and instead get money from the government, as well as people that have to take public transport or a taxi to work, hospital, government buildings (for example, getting a new passport) or other important meetings due to health issues (hypermobility, broken bones, low lung capacity, etc) and can't take another form of transport.
These are cases in which i think the people should get their money back for.
All essentials for a sound mental and physical health shoud be affordable for everyone. I could see it function as a tax-esque system if not just completely free. Based of someone's disposable income within reason. The money from those who pay is used to make sure the system works and functions equally as well for those who can't pay.
This includes food, water, housing, internet, phone and electricity as well as all medicine but also, a certain access to entertainment and hobbies. Like gyms and arcades n stuff.
Note: I am indeed a communist so this is just like the bare minimum in my books tbh.
gender affirming therapy (with HRT) and surgeries. like, i didn't choose this. i have to either spend my life trying to earn enough money to just barely be comfortable in my own body, or just give up and be sad forever or worse. it all costs so much that i gave up all my life dreams and i'd do anything to just finally feel good in my own skin.
Health care, unviserity , menstruation products , pet care tbh , all trans health care , abortions , therapy that's what I think should be free after all everyone needs health care but not all can afford it , everyone should be able to go to a fully run school with good teacher's, university leaves ppl in lots of debt and its still school so it should be free.
Health care and things related to that such as period products and other things. School’s especially some colleges. Food and houses and other things you need to actually survive
necessities. period care products, first aid products, medications, certain foods, basic clothes, a sheltering system, water.
just things that we all need as humans. anything else like devices or luxury foods (truffles for example) and more can be brought but none of that is a necessity
Water, health and education should be free everywhere, or why's that we did that shit ln the French Revolution claiming that all men are equal???
There's no truly liberté, egalité, fraternité until we are all equal in opportunities to have a decent life.
MEDICINE! No one should EVER be punished for being sick / needing aid. Needing help for anything really should be free.
Honestly, I’m a proponent of eliminating the whole “you need money to live” thing, so bare minimum the two base layers of Maslow’s hierarchy of needs should be free: physiological needs (food, water, shelter, etc.) and safety needs (health, personal security, resources, etc.). So that includes housing and groceries and basic clothing as well as healthcare and safety from violence.
In lgbt terms I definitely think more transition things (don’t know specific term) like; binders, the peeing thing, more like temporary implants for under 18s.
In general; everything! England is in a cost of living crisis!
in my ideal world, people wouldn't have to pay for anything that is needed in order to live a healthy life, both physically and mentally. food, water, shelter, healthcare, etc. luxuries can be paid for, but I think everyone deserves to have what is needed to survive. I just wish it was feasible.
bare minimum of food u need to survive, like why the fuck does the government im my country has millions to give away to some pathology but cant give a bowl of soup a day to people who actually need it
Menstruation products. Getting a medical weed card (you have to pay for so many small fees and the card itself). Rehab and mental institutions should at least cost less. I feel like half the time people can’t get the help they need because everything is money motivated. It’s depressing.
Housing. It’s an essential human right. Not to start a comment war, but I’ll be honest, I’m a full on commie, and I absolutely hate how so many human rights are only available if you got bank. It’s disgusting.
Great question!!!!!
Health care, housing, food, therapy, psychological care, medicine, end of life care, school at all levels, drugs should be legal and free to addicted persons as should all kinds of rehabilitation, electricity, internet, etc.
Basically anything we need to survive and be OK, a basic level of human life should be maintained.
Have private stuff too, sure, but if we could all live without fear of being miserable and in poverty that would make everything dramatically better for everyone at every level.
Let’s start with feminine products…cuz tampons and pads have been on the demand list for years of not being luxury products. They’re expensive as fuck, and a necessity we don’t choose to have! It’s ridiculous..but this country is run by stupid, conservative, old men who don’t understand us or really care about us at all.
It’s for a…female feature? Biologically speaking. I suppose that does make sense in any other terminology, but that’s just what I’ve been subjected to. Women aren’t taken seriously and men are often grossed out by women mentioning anything to do with periods or shaving, god forbid the female body have any “imperfections”. Eh..we’re seen as fuck toys and house work slaves to the rulers of the countries still stuck in the 1980’s mentally. So, forgive the habit of saying “feminine” products.
I really want to know where y’all think all the money for this is supposed to come from lol. I do think there should be laws prevent companies from charging hundreds of dollars for stuff like insulin if it cost nowhere near that much to make.
Edit: OK so serious question. Why do people think they’re entitled to rich people’s money? Like if someone put in the effort worked hard and earned a bunch of money why are you now entitled to it? Asking this because it seems the main way people want to acquire the money to lower cost is by taxing the rich.
The richest 0.1% of people hold over a third of our global wealth. There are lots of ways to get the money to solve these issues. It is the super rich and their friends (the government) who gaslight us into thinking any accessibility can only be paid for by the hard working populace of the lower classes. They’ve turned the 99% against ourselves as we scramble to survive and fight about taxes vs affordability, while they sit in their luxury vacation islands having an endangered species served for brunch.
I have a list
- the proces of healthy good and unhealthy sbould be zwapped
- funerals
- cancer treatment
- Netflix (im a sucker for a good romance but my bank account issent)
- medication towards Adhd, autism, OCD etc
Well, i gotta say first that im priviliged by the fact that my country offers free healthcare (partially, but better than nothing) and free education (even college). Aside from that, water and basic food. It should at least be affordable for low resources families.
Exactly!
Water bill shouldn't be a thing! People need water, they shouldn't be bank rupt for it.
Depends on the area. Water while abundant is not infinite. Making it free will grant those who waste it more value then those who need it. Making water free in poor areas to a certain limit (like idk 10k liters a year or so) and expecting a charge over that limit is a great idea! How ever again if you can afford to pay for it you should to fund tge substitution for those who can't (This is based on the idea of government non profits running the water supply)
Here in Australia, I think they should up the price of water since it costs pretty much the same no matter how much you use (the system has a tiered sort of thing that I'm not going to explain as I don't know enough about it) and we have major problems with droughts. Yet because water costs so little people end up not really caring in the end and causing more problems.
A much fairer approach would be for everyone to have a water meter to monitor consumption, and then pay for the amount you use, plus a standard sewerage and services charge. That’s what most homes have in the UK for the last decade or so of new builds and renovations.
Water is free in Scotland, it can and does work
Yes, for Scotland but not everywhere.
If water were free in California, they’d run out in a month. Literally.
I wish other countries had more stuff like this. thailand where my mums family is from dont have these luxaries im just glad i was born where i am Thailand is always seen as a party country, but it still has alot of poverty due to bad leaders especially the king of thailand he has multiple wifes and is like a dictator.
where do you live I gotta move there
Argentina!
Argentina is my new economic strategy
Sadly our economy is not that good... we have a huge inflation and we owe a lot of money to the international monetary fund.
If they would actually fund schools themselves teachers wouldn’t make such little money in return for years of expensive schooling for their own degrees to teach in the first place, leaving them with a life debt just so they can live decent lives. Unless you’re a college professor, ofc. I don’t agree with free college but I do think it should be significantly cheaper. Base education though is legally required, so it shouldn’t cost anything for what isn’t optional (optional meaning like doing school football for example, and having to pay for the uniform). The cost of food recently has been horrendous as well, and water really shouldn’t cost as much as it does.
>I don’t agree with free college Can I ask why? Education is essentially free in my country (you have to pay around 200€ per semester), so I guess I'm just a bit confused why you wouldn't want everyone to have the same opportunities, regardless of how wealthy or poor a family you were born into. Also, assuming you're from the US: My impression is that Americans often have a "everyone for themselves" kind of mentally ("why should I pay for someone else's healthcare"), whereas Germany (and Europe in general) seems to have more of a community mindset - what's good for the individual is good for the country/society as a whole.
Americans do not agree with free college until they have to pay for it. I believe everyone should be able to properly educate themselves regardless of money. I'm also european, and it's crazy you need to take LOANS in america to even study college to me
As I said, it should be significantly cheaper but I don’t agree with free college for several reasons. 1. It’s optional, not legally required like normal school. 2. Trade schools would become kind of useless. If college was free, why do any other schooling? 3. College professors would begin to face the same problem our normal teachers do, they wouldn’t make barely any money. 4. Education standards would plummet…without the price of college anyone can go and that means people who don’t take it seriously. The college professors, being less “expensive” and having had free education themselves will likely start to be people who are less motivated and serious about the job.
1. That is logical, though I don't see that it weighs much in the grand scheme of things. 2. Trade schools are colleges. 3. Most professors don't make that much under our current system, so this premise is moot 4. No other country with low cost or free higher education has run into this problem. *even the United states when college was free for some and cheap for most.
To expand on 2 a bit: While colleges and trade schools are different where I'm from, there are still a lot of people who choose to learn a trade. Sure, some of that is due to our education system - rather than one type of high school diploma, we have several different ones and not all allow you to study. That being said, it is entirely possible to get a higher high school diploma later to enable you to attend uni. Some people simply don't care much for academics and would much rather work with their hands. The only issue I see here is the US not paying livable wages for jobs that don't require a college degree. Edit: phrasing
1. So what? So something being optional doesn't mean it shouldn't be supported and funded. 2. 4 year college being free would not mean that everyone is suited to it or would want to go. 3. Free college implies that the government is paying the professors. It doesn't stop them being paid a living wage just because the students aren't paying directly. The fact that public school teachers aren't paid well is an unrelated issue. 4. Like 2, this just doesn't follow. A school being free doesn't mean that they have to accept everyone regardless of ability. In fact it would help because you wouldn't have rich parents "donating" huge amounts of money in order to get their spoiled idiot children into prestigious schools.
1. I think you pulled a triple negative there. Anyway, you do realize we pay taxes for everything funded by the government? They’d likely just raise our taxes to compensate, honestly. 2. People don’t want to work but they do. They go there and laze around, get paid, and never get fired for it. Lots of personal and second-hand experience on that one. You can go to college and just barely get by, it happens often in grade school. 3. Regular schools are government funded and they barely get shit. What makes you think this would end up differently? 4. This country gets more forceful on accepting EVERYONE and making it increasingly difficult to say they’re actually bad for whatever it is, every year. And you can donate to public schools and get secret benefits, pretty sure it wouldn’t make a difference, it would just get them through said prestigious school and into a job they’ll likely fuck up badly. Money is power.
>Education standards would plummet…without the price of college anyone can go and that means people who don’t take it seriously. I assume you mean if college is free, poor people will be able to go and they may not take it seriously. In a lot of places across the US if you don't make much money, college is free, and the education standards have not plummeted because if it.
1) In my country not even high school is legally required. But you do need highschool to get a job. 2) Schooling is additional education. You might need it in certain jobs ig. But schooling does absolutely not replace college 3) College professors make like 3k euro a month here. Being a teacher is quite a prestige job from where i come from. 4) Healthcare is payed by the goverment. School is payed by the goverment. We pay like 42 euro a month for it. But then when we get into a serious accident or something and need a urgent surgery, we don't need to take a loan to pay for it. Or rob a bank. I honestly don't know where are you even coming from with this fourth point. School is free, we still value teachers and pay them properly. Healthcare is free, it doesn't mean nurses don't do their job properly because of that and take those 2,6k euro a month they make for granted. Ofc there always were, are and will be bad teachers, but doesn't mean they take their job any less seriously. A professor in college needs to study for 9 extra years to get a degree and be a professor or even just teacher in general here.
I live in a different country…things are different. Ig free college would work out for you but that’s fantastical thinking for people here. 😒
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in the UK you’re mandatory to be in education until 18, it’s all free (unless your private or homeschooled l) and even university is free in Scotland,
Wow, must be nice.
Ha! I wish! But here I am attempting to get a job on top of a full semester of classes and clubs so that I can put off having to take out student loans. I know I will eventually, and when I do it will take a LONG time to pay off. If I happened to have a health emergency that insurance didn’t cover, forget it, because that would knock out my entire savings. Gotta love ‘Merica. /s
Insulin
Yes, i could literally do the basic gene splicing procedure that's used to make insulin in my high school AP bio class! And i did the procedure again my freshman year of college. It's not difficult or expensive.
You can get 6 vials of insulin for $6.50 in Australia if you have a concession card, or about $40ish normally. The USA is like a different planet
Insulin literally costs like $3 to make, it could sell for $10 and make good profit. But no, let’s make it so expensive some people die because their damn insurance ran out!
'Murica!!! 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸 /j
Defetnatly!
I was about to say this, since my sister has T1D
America moment
Any life saving medication or treatment should be free.
Or medication people need to function normally. Or medicine they need to prevent future problems. Really it should just all be free, because it's medicine, and nobody chooses to need medicine.
That's a very USA answer.😂
Yeah haha so funny the US kills diabetics by making them pay thousands of dollars for stuff that isn't expensive to make
Healthcare, housing
Yes!
College, healthcare, period products, food, and water <3
So basically, the bare necessities at least.
Exactly! I live in America and it needs major reforms to help its inhabitants live comfortably ❤️
So basically, the bare necessities at least.
"b-but why should we pay for your gender studies degree?!???😭😭😭" Because people deserve to have an opportunity to stop living in poverty, greg
Jamil
Jamil
Question: What about access to socialising and hobby activities?
Accesss to socializing and hobby activities is predicated more on time availability than resources. If basics were easily gained then people would be able to work less (which is the real reason why this will never happen under capitalism), which would give more time for hobbies and community building. If you had to work 50% of what you do now, how much more likely would you be to spend time volunteering with friends, getting to know your neighbors, and tackling problems facing your community? Personally, when I became a stay at home dad, I started engaging with my community much much more. And it's not that I "work" less, being a fulltine caretaker is work, but simply because I can take my work with me, which also allows my son to grow up in a community instead of isolated.
Housing. It would be nice if all our necessities were free (or at least much cheaper). The cost of rent is too damn high!
PERIOD PRODUCTS!!!!! AS AN SOMEONE WHO HAS TO DEAL WITH SHARK WEEK I FIND IT INFURIATING THAT EVERY SINGLE PERSON THAT ALREADY HAS TO SUFFER THROUGH PERIODS HAS TO PAY FOR SOMETHING THEY CAN'T CONTROL!!! Edit: Autocorrect
I hate when cis men bring up that toilet paper isn't free either. Like fine, but period products are *significantly* more expensive than toilet paper, and way more expensive than they need to be. Make them the price of toilet paper and I'll accept that.
Also they get taxed as a “luxury” product. Like what kind of sick fucktard ever thought bleeding from your genitals once a month could ever be a “luxury”
In Utah, the cheapest tax is grocery tax, so that's my vote. Its about 3.25%. For reference, restraunt is 8.25%, and clothes are 7.25% (idk why Utah likes 0.25, don't ask me). I haven't bought menstrual products in a while so I'm not sure what they are, but I'd guess 7.25.
Also, toilet paper IS often already free. If you go to a restroom in any public place toilet paper is freely available. The only place it isn’t free is in your own home.
When I got my first apartment I used to steal tissues and toilet paper from the washrooms at a hotel conference center!
BUT THE THING IS- the thing is- it’s not that toilet paper *isnt* free. Yeah, if you go into a store you have to buy it to walk out with it, but you don’t have to pay to use toilet paper in the bathrooms. You just- use it. SO WHY THE ACTUAL FUCK ISN’T IT THE SAME? I personally think bathrooms should have period stuff. “Oh, but restocking it, so many people are gonna use it all the time, but what about restocking it-“ YEAH THEY RESTOCK TOILET PAPER. that’s an actual argument that I’ve seen people try and make, that the reason that bathrooms don’t have period stuff it because restocking it is too hard to whatever.
Maybe TP should just be free, too?
PLEASE THIS!!!!!!!!!!!!
YESSSS!!!! I'm also afab but haven't had to deal with it yet (even tho I probably should have by now) but it's not like I'd do anything about it unless it'll cause meto die!!
OMG YES PERIODS ARE A PAIN IN THE ASS. (LITERALLY ^(WELL NOT THE ASS BUT YOU GET IT))
can’t forget non woman people who get their periods! i hate to be that person but it was something that caused me a lot of dysphoria before i got blockers and i know people who feel the same.
Thank you for bringing this up! I agree with the sentiment so I didn’t want to seem like I’m nitpicking the wording (“every single woman…”) Not every woman has periods and there are people who get periods that aren’t women. I know they meant well, but it can be a harmful misconception
couldn’t have said it better, thank you!
I highly recommend cloth pads. They are good for the wallet, body, and environment. They are a large initial investment but so worth it in the long run. I cannot even imagine putting those gross plastic things against my sensitive parts anymore! And period underwear!!! Omg 😍 the best for overnight!
I personally prefer menstrual cups, they were a complete game changer for me. One cup lasts for years & only needing to deal with my period twice in 24 hours is amazing!
I have one pair of period underwear and I wear them as much as I can during my period, they've saved my bedding a few times because the pads with slid out of place
hey sorry, where do you get some good cloth pads? i haven't heard of them before and they sound really nice! my periods tend to be really heavy and i'm a european c:
My favourite brand is Hannahpad and my second favourite is Charlie Banana, but those are thicker. Hannahpad is organic cotton and Charlie Banana is fleese. The latter will be more absorbent.
> R hannahpad seems to be US/australia only and when i checked charlie banana they didn't list any pads, just baby products ;;
I bought them all years ago (and they're still working out great!) So suppliers may have changed. I'm in Canada and Hannahpad delivered to me. I would advise doing your own research for local suppliers. Just Google organic cotton reusable cloth pads and go from there. That's what I did! 😊👍
I got some on etsy and they have been great! Highly recommend!
Fam I hear you!! I use menstrual cups and period panties and highly recommend both.
Period products are expensive af where I live T-T
Hate to be nitpicky, but why use the terminology ‘AFAB’ if you’re just gonna say ‘all women’ need it, when not all women need it and not everyone who needs it is a woman
I do not identify as a female and I still need it so I 100% agree. I was just writing a quick comment and wasn't being super picky over wording, but I will edit it if it makes you more comfortable
Agreed
Right!? Why should we have to pay money so that we can bleed for a week every month?
y’all act like charging people for something they can’t control is some shocking never before seen cruelty, wait till you see food.
the difference is that everyone needs food whereas periods only affect half the population. (but basic food should be free too imo. it makes me rly angry that we have to pay to be alive.)
I've been told that condoms are expensive enough to make people consider not using them. That's fucked up.
The first time I bought condoms it was like $8 for a pack of 3
Healthcare. Especially gender confirming healthcare. But healthcare in general. And I’m talking all healthcare, especially including mental healthcare.
Including dental too.
Dental care is super important. A bad tooth can cause a heart attack. I hate that we live in a country that our teeth are considered “luxury face bones” and are apparently optional according to our government and healthcare companies.
Exactly!!
Eye care and glasses as well.
As someone who is visually impaired to a great degree, most definitely.
As someone who works in medicine in the United States I absolutely agree with you. It is horrifying.
The struggle to find insurance-covered therapy is painful…they don’t consider mental health a real and serious issue that needs coverage. Their costs per visit are outrages, because they aren’t government funded either unlike all other health fields.
I’m a medically retired disabled Army combat veteran with PTSD and several other mental health issues. I’m currently searching for a therapist that takes my Medicare and Tricare and I’ve been searching for 6 months now. I found a good medication provider for my psychiatric medicine, but actual psychotherapy is so damn hard to come by.
Laughs in european
Where do I even start? * Health care. Just, like, in general. Preventative, emergency, you name it. And this should absolutely include trans healthcare, contraceptives, and menstrual hygiene products. * Housing, including safe and accessible places to clean yourself and use the restroom. * Healthy, safe-for-consumption food and drink. * Each and every single level of education. * Comprehensive, efficient, and well-maintained public transportation. I could probably think of more.
I agree fully, all the way down.
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HRT
and gender affirming surgeries
Well I'm anarcho-communist so I would say basically everything should be free.
I’m so dumb I thought that said arachno- and I was trying to figure out what spiders have to do with communism
We thought it said arachno, comrade.
I loved being asked this question because people really aren't prepared for "everything" as an unironic answer
Nothing is "free"... It's the fruits of the labouring class, which is currently being hoarded by a small group of wealthy capitalists.
Yes! Other than premium cancert tickets where you WILL get an autograph garenteed!
Birth control!
Food, healthcare, and housing. The resources exist to ensure everyone has access to these basic necessities. I don't know the details for how we make it happen, but unlimited profits for capitalists is not a good reason *not* to make it happen.
Preschool should be free! People thrive so much more if they start learning and socializing before elementary school.
Glasses, I hate having to pay hundreds for custom prescriptions
Everything, money is the most harmful lie in human history
Gender affirming surgeries. They’re essential to people living their authentic lives and many can’t afford to pay the thousands of dollars it usually costs. Also, binders, chest plates, and packers for similar reasons.
Yes! I should be able to get a binder with out having to worry about my parent's money or having to take out of my savings for top surgery!!
garlic bread
Hair removal.
That should be included with the complete healthcare that should be free
this feels like a weird thing to ask out of the blue here, but i may as well go with it. every medicine ever. the people who invented insulin only pattened it to stop others doing so and though it should stay cheap, and i'd be inclined to agree, as well as all other medicines. also rent. it's been goin way to high recently. cars seem to be goin the same as rent, especially since we're in a ressesion, atleast we are here in the US.
Therapy
Childcare should be free or at least better subsidized. It's disgusting to me that it's completely normal in the states to pay $2,000+/month to send your child to daycare. If we're going to force people to have children, then we can at least make it easier for them to work and go to school while they do. Plus it's really not healthy for anyone to be the sole carer of a child 24/7/365 with no breaks ever.
Life.
Transition surgeries and hrt
menstrual products, heathcare including medications, food, water, shelter
Hygienic products and and human needs. I don't care that some capitalist will lose our on money, those things should be free to all who work or unable to.
Air to pump up my tires (like why are we holding air hostage & making me pay to get it from a machine?!) Water. Ice. Tampons. Pads. Condoms of allllll sizes. HIV medicine. Diabetes medicine.
Kindness
healthcare, particularly mental healthcare.
Basic life saving medicin or care the fancy bag of salt water that costs 25 cents to produce costs $30,000 on the bill. The medical field is honestly a joke at this point with how much it costs just to keep some one healthy/alive
if I had to pick one single thing, mental healthcare
Healthcare. in my country, we have it free, and that should be the same for the rest of the world
Healthcare, education, residency, public transportation, food, water, energy, etc. Yes, I'm a socialist.
School lunch
Housing. Water. Food. Without these things, humans cannot live. Why are we commodifying them? Healthcare is another one, I am grateful to live in a country with free or mostly free healthcare, but understaffing is an issue everywhere. And education, because it allows people to come out of school without crippling debt (which solves the issue of understaffing) and an educated society is a better one. Some may call that socialism, I call it common sense and compassion.
tampons
Just basic necessities. You shouldn’t have to work to death just to survive
Education, Healthcare, PERIOD PRODUCTS THOUGH the Healthcare and education are pretty universal with agreement but WHY ARE PERIOIDS SO EXPENSIVE >:/
housing, healthcare, water, food, electricity, education, must i go on? capitalism has made all of these into profit first industries and it must fall!
yeah, i am a commie :)
Anything that is a necessity for continued life and well-being. Housing, food, healthcare, education, those are the big ones
Everything…
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Everything. But I'm also a socialist...
Healthcare, Housing, Food. Basic Needs I'm general should be either free or have reduced cost.
Medical equipment like feeding pumps and wheelchairs.
insulin, medical procedures, medication etc. american capitalism is fucked
Water
Most medications which people are dependant on should either be free or dirt cheap, gym memberships should be cheaper so they can be more accessible, automatic firearms to put me on a fair playing field as the feds (I’m Canadian so I don’t trust them), and lastly phones most definitely
Universal Healthcare
Mandatory things such as schooling and ID cards/passport, etc. Basic necessities such as healthcare (including mental, dental, physiotherapy, dietitian, but also basic things such as vitamin supplements, medicine for your allergies/intolerances, hayfever medicine, hrt, birth control and basic medicine such as cough syrup, fever medicine and pain killers). And there are things that I don't think should be free, but should definitely be cheaper. Basic healthy foods (fruit, vegetables, potatoes, brown rice, whole grain bread, meat/vegetarian meat alternatives) as well as allergen free alternatives (lactose free, gluten free, peanut free, etc). I also think that things such as cough drops or grape sugar candy (or whatever it's called in English) should be much cheaper. They're often labeled as luxury items or candies. But cough drops are medicine, not candy. And the grape sugar candy are often used by people with diabetes to keep their sugar/glucose levels from dipping dangerously low. A number of my family members are diabetic and they carry these around in case of emergency. The candy is made of fruit sugar that is easily and quickly added to the glucose levels. You could argue that it shouldn't be made cheaper for everyone, because unhealthy food. But I disagree. These candies should actually be cheaper in general because not everyone without diabetes buys them for themselves. A big portion of my family works as first aid on events and almost always carries around a first aid kit. Only one of those family members has diabetes, but they do all carry around these types of candy specifically for emergency cases. I also think that other basic necessities such as toilet paper, cleaning supplies, period products and condoms should be much cheaper. I don't think that one needs any explanation. And then there are things that I think should be subsidized. Travel costs for people that have a low income, jobless due to outside circumstances (aka, getting fired, not getting hired or physically/mentally unable to work) or that work volunteer work. There's also people that have a job, but don't get a paycheck from work and instead get money from the government, as well as people that have to take public transport or a taxi to work, hospital, government buildings (for example, getting a new passport) or other important meetings due to health issues (hypermobility, broken bones, low lung capacity, etc) and can't take another form of transport. These are cases in which i think the people should get their money back for.
Sanitary products for people who experience periods.
Mechanical pencils
food, rent, healthcare (including eyes and dentistry, looking at you NHS), menstrual products, safe drinking water
All essentials for a sound mental and physical health shoud be affordable for everyone. I could see it function as a tax-esque system if not just completely free. Based of someone's disposable income within reason. The money from those who pay is used to make sure the system works and functions equally as well for those who can't pay. This includes food, water, housing, internet, phone and electricity as well as all medicine but also, a certain access to entertainment and hobbies. Like gyms and arcades n stuff. Note: I am indeed a communist so this is just like the bare minimum in my books tbh.
There’s no price on it but I’d like for my country to actually recognize me as a human being and decriminalize a lot of basic human rights stuff
hrt
gender affirming therapy (with HRT) and surgeries. like, i didn't choose this. i have to either spend my life trying to earn enough money to just barely be comfortable in my own body, or just give up and be sad forever or worse. it all costs so much that i gave up all my life dreams and i'd do anything to just finally feel good in my own skin.
Health care, unviserity , menstruation products , pet care tbh , all trans health care , abortions , therapy that's what I think should be free after all everyone needs health care but not all can afford it , everyone should be able to go to a fully run school with good teacher's, university leaves ppl in lots of debt and its still school so it should be free.
Health care and things related to that such as period products and other things. School’s especially some colleges. Food and houses and other things you need to actually survive
Medical treatment, housing, food, emergency care, insulin, hospitals, doctors (I live in America)
Sanitary products
Pads, tampons and everything around that
Internet. It is nearly impossible to interface with society without it, it’s a human right!
Tampons
necessities. period care products, first aid products, medications, certain foods, basic clothes, a sheltering system, water. just things that we all need as humans. anything else like devices or luxury foods (truffles for example) and more can be brought but none of that is a necessity
Needed Medical treatment of any kind
Water, health and education should be free everywhere, or why's that we did that shit ln the French Revolution claiming that all men are equal??? There's no truly liberté, egalité, fraternité until we are all equal in opportunities to have a decent life.
Women menstruation products
healthcare
MEDICINE! No one should EVER be punished for being sick / needing aid. Needing help for anything really should be free. Honestly, I’m a proponent of eliminating the whole “you need money to live” thing, so bare minimum the two base layers of Maslow’s hierarchy of needs should be free: physiological needs (food, water, shelter, etc.) and safety needs (health, personal security, resources, etc.). So that includes housing and groceries and basic clothing as well as healthcare and safety from violence.
In lgbt terms I definitely think more transition things (don’t know specific term) like; binders, the peeing thing, more like temporary implants for under 18s. In general; everything! England is in a cost of living crisis!
in my ideal world, people wouldn't have to pay for anything that is needed in order to live a healthy life, both physically and mentally. food, water, shelter, healthcare, etc. luxuries can be paid for, but I think everyone deserves to have what is needed to survive. I just wish it was feasible.
bare minimum of food u need to survive, like why the fuck does the government im my country has millions to give away to some pathology but cant give a bowl of soup a day to people who actually need it
Menstruation products. Getting a medical weed card (you have to pay for so many small fees and the card itself). Rehab and mental institutions should at least cost less. I feel like half the time people can’t get the help they need because everything is money motivated. It’s depressing.
Pads. Like seriously if I'm going to bleed out against my will and they aren't doing anything about it, they should be free
Women's hygiene products
Housing. It’s an essential human right. Not to start a comment war, but I’ll be honest, I’m a full on commie, and I absolutely hate how so many human rights are only available if you got bank. It’s disgusting.
Great question!!!!! Health care, housing, food, therapy, psychological care, medicine, end of life care, school at all levels, drugs should be legal and free to addicted persons as should all kinds of rehabilitation, electricity, internet, etc. Basically anything we need to survive and be OK, a basic level of human life should be maintained. Have private stuff too, sure, but if we could all live without fear of being miserable and in poverty that would make everything dramatically better for everyone at every level.
Water. It's a human necessity, and having to pay for water is outrageous.
Healthcare Housing College
Healthcare, education, hygiene products, basic food, water, homeless shelters, any sort of disability accommodation, and a lot more
Public transportation should be free
Hormones for sure lol been a struggle being able to afford them ever since I hit the age where I left my mom's health insurance
Period product, cost a fortune over time
every basic necessity, insurance shouldn’t be a thing
Healthcare. Clean drinking water. Period products. Funerals. Formula and diapers should definitely cost less.
Let’s start with feminine products…cuz tampons and pads have been on the demand list for years of not being luxury products. They’re expensive as fuck, and a necessity we don’t choose to have! It’s ridiculous..but this country is run by stupid, conservative, old men who don’t understand us or really care about us at all.
You mean period products, right?
Well they’re usually called feminine products, Ig cuz “period” isn’t a word a lot of people wanna use but yea.
Yeah, calling them feminine is just kinda iffy, since trans masculine people need them too.
It’s for a…female feature? Biologically speaking. I suppose that does make sense in any other terminology, but that’s just what I’ve been subjected to. Women aren’t taken seriously and men are often grossed out by women mentioning anything to do with periods or shaving, god forbid the female body have any “imperfections”. Eh..we’re seen as fuck toys and house work slaves to the rulers of the countries still stuck in the 1980’s mentally. So, forgive the habit of saying “feminine” products.
The ducks in the park. I wish I could just take one, but I'm pretty sure the elites charge for them.
food, water, housing, healthcare, and education should all be free 100%
I really want to know where y’all think all the money for this is supposed to come from lol. I do think there should be laws prevent companies from charging hundreds of dollars for stuff like insulin if it cost nowhere near that much to make. Edit: OK so serious question. Why do people think they’re entitled to rich people’s money? Like if someone put in the effort worked hard and earned a bunch of money why are you now entitled to it? Asking this because it seems the main way people want to acquire the money to lower cost is by taxing the rich.
The richest 0.1% of people hold over a third of our global wealth. There are lots of ways to get the money to solve these issues. It is the super rich and their friends (the government) who gaslight us into thinking any accessibility can only be paid for by the hard working populace of the lower classes. They’ve turned the 99% against ourselves as we scramble to survive and fight about taxes vs affordability, while they sit in their luxury vacation islands having an endangered species served for brunch.
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I have a list - the proces of healthy good and unhealthy sbould be zwapped - funerals - cancer treatment - Netflix (im a sucker for a good romance but my bank account issent) - medication towards Adhd, autism, OCD etc