If you make enough money that you would be happy "happy" paying an extra $30,000 per year, then you're either a very generous person or an outlier. Most Americans wouldn't want to pay that much extra even if they could afford to.
β Most Americans wouldn't want to pay that much extra even if they could afford to.β
And then they pay that extra through costs for imprisonment, homelessness and other stuff. And for healthcare the US pays almost twice as much per capita than other countries. Itβs just dumb.