Venus Williams revealed she came back to tennis at age 45 for the health insurance, explaining after winning her match on Tuesday, July 22 that she was put on COBRA and needed better coverage.
NO ONE should have to worry about healthcare, regardless of who they are. If we can give billions of dollars to other countries to wage war, we can fund universal healthcare.
No disagreement there for sure, I was just surprised to see she’s also affected as we all are. I figured she was wealthy enough for it to not be an issue.
A surprising amount of famous people are actually upper middle class at best, especially if they’re impulsive with their money. I’m honestly hoping The Billionaires keep alienating the upper middle class to the point that they realize they need to stop being their lackeys but I’m not super optimistic.
I’m sorry but Williams has made over US$40 million in just career winnings, not counting anything she might have gained from endorsements, sponsorships, and investments. That’s not upper middle class at best.
Nomenclature of upper middle class aside, the wild thing here is that $40m means she’s closer to being homeless than she is to the billionaire wealthy.
She’s clearly wealthy compared to the average, but her financial concerns actually vaguely resemble that of normal people. She may not care about how much dinner costs, but she is probably acutely aware of her major expenses like housing and medical. $40m is not even close to “fuck you money”.
To stress, US$40 million is the floor of what we know she’s earned from career winnings. She has absolutely earned more money than that when considering sponsorship deals, paid appearances, yadda yadda.
She absolutely at least had “fuck you” money. If she doesn’t anymore, that’s just plain irresponsibility.
You mean if we can afford private insurance, we can afford universal healthcare.
It would cost less in tax dollars than the majority people pay for it now to collectively bargain for lower drug prices. Significantly fewer intermediaries taking a cut and driving up the price of everything.
Universal healthcare makes social AND economic sense
Well, not for all those intermediaries… and the people who get a cut from thier “productivity”. That’s the real barrier, rich people siphoning money off of a process they don’t meaningfully contribute to.
NO ONE should have to worry about healthcare, regardless of who they are. If we can give billions of dollars to other countries to wage war, we can fund universal healthcare.
No disagreement there for sure, I was just surprised to see she’s also affected as we all are. I figured she was wealthy enough for it to not be an issue.
A surprising amount of famous people are actually upper middle class at best, especially if they’re impulsive with their money. I’m honestly hoping The Billionaires keep alienating the upper middle class to the point that they realize they need to stop being their lackeys but I’m not super optimistic.
I’m sorry but Williams has made over US$40 million in just career winnings, not counting anything she might have gained from endorsements, sponsorships, and investments. That’s not upper middle class at best.
Nomenclature of upper middle class aside, the wild thing here is that $40m means she’s closer to being homeless than she is to the billionaire wealthy.
She’s clearly wealthy compared to the average, but her financial concerns actually vaguely resemble that of normal people. She may not care about how much dinner costs, but she is probably acutely aware of her major expenses like housing and medical. $40m is not even close to “fuck you money”.
To stress, US$40 million is the floor of what we know she’s earned from career winnings. She has absolutely earned more money than that when considering sponsorship deals, paid appearances, yadda yadda.
She absolutely at least had “fuck you” money. If she doesn’t anymore, that’s just plain irresponsibility.
You mean if we can afford private insurance, we can afford universal healthcare.
It would cost less in tax dollars than the majority people pay for it now to collectively bargain for lower drug prices. Significantly fewer intermediaries taking a cut and driving up the price of everything.
Universal healthcare makes social AND economic sense
Well, not for all those intermediaries… and the people who get a cut from thier “productivity”. That’s the real barrier, rich people siphoning money off of a process they don’t meaningfully contribute to.
No disagreement regarding the private insurance remark, just pointing out how fucked our priorities are.