People start out stupid. We're born that way; no harm! we 'learn'!
You would think that we would 'learn' that everyone forgets ... that's not a bad thing, as roughly 85% of the stuff we see everyday is stuff we want to forget.
For instance, "Why Jesus came to Earth": often, it's easy to forget that He was actually here for the same reason we all are here: To Fulfill all Righteousness ... and simply dismiss His Testament (as to how we are to go about doing that) with a simple "tuh diyh fur our sinns."
Another idiotic dismissal is seen in the Hippocratic Oath (the famous-name for the central rules of all physicians). One tenet that I've seen fail time-and-time-again is 'that the physician's primary goal is the well-being of the patient.
To promote that tenet (a way that Michael Moore's movie suggested large-scale), I'm going to walk into a drug-store soon, pick out a package of ear-plugs (which I'm wearing to heal my ears back) and walk out; if they stop me to make me pay the 5$ for the package, I'll just tell them, 'Don't worry about it.' And I'll only give them $5 extra the next time I stop in (instead of the untold riches I'll donate if they don't stop me.
No, Michael Moore isn't saying we should all 'shoplift our local CVS drug-sections'; but he is saying that corrective action is needed.
It's funny; 'saying I'll do it' almost makes it impossible to believe I actually will, just like Moore's 'saying he donated that $12,000 to his antagonizer' makes it almost unbelievable.
But--whether he actually did it or not--what he's saying is "live at your 'means,' and give the rest to healthcare (if you don't need the care, pay for whoever does)."
I'll probably forget that rule soon (if I don't remind myself of it everyday ... like the Blue Bell motto: "Eat all we can, and we 'sell' the rest," except of course with the word 'give' instead of 'sell') and go back to "complaining about how I'm living in a place far worse than I'm worth."
The truth is, I don't need more than four rooms (bathroom, bedroom, living-room, kitchen ... with a couple closets) with well-tuned AC and the Internet. With that, and some occasional extra stuff, I could give all the extra bajillions the United States of America owes me (minus whatever I know I'll need) could go to Immortality-Research!