Anecdotally I’ve not heard as much about it being a problem in other places such as the UK.

I think it is sad that many of the people that have the largest positive impact on society — teachers, care assistants and the like — are also some of worst paid.

You could say the same thing about software engineers. But someone spending their days just creating JS frameworks is oh-so-productive and paid enough money every month to buy several years’ worth of food and shelter.

The intent of abolishing private property would presumably be the latter.

The graphs in the article somewhat disprove that.

Looking at Google Ngram, usage of "slams" started inflecting upwards in the early 90's and then even more strongly in the mid-2000's. [0] I wonder if that second increase represents the type of usage I had in mind.

(I looked at "slams" rather than "slammed" to try to avoid some of the other modern meanings, like being slammed with work.)

[0] https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=slams&year_sta...

This reads more like a tabloid headline than the first sentence of a Reuters article.

Taxing company profits directly may be less efficient from an economics point of view but it's much more politically palatable.

I don't see how this could be true for emergency visits. Would an ambulance drive you to the cheapest hospital within some fixed radius?

It's not like Americans need to drive coast-to-coast to buy groceries or drop their kids off at school.

Do you believe Ro Marine would have paid out claims related to their "insured" vessels?