On Tue, Mar 06, 2007 at 08:55:56PM -0800, Paul Johnson wrote: > Roberto C. Sanchez wrote: > > > Iraq also does not have a functioning economy. Now, you might argue > > that providing National healthcare is simply getting them addicted to > > it. Which I think is true. However, I think that in this case it is > > the right thing to do. > > Probably because, you know, nearly everyone in a society needs healthcare > and pays taxes, so national healthcare is the simplest strategy to cover > the maximum number of people, no? > Yes, because the government is a model of efficiency. Come on. The simplest stratedy is to not tax people so much and let them figure it out for themselves.
> > It would be nice if there were a better way, but I doubt there is. > > So since we're in agreement that collectively paying for healthcare is the > way to go, why not introduce it here? > We are not in agreement. Collective, governmnet-run healthcare is a necessity in Iraq because they currently lack a functioning market economy. We have one of those. In fact, we have arguably one of the best in the world. It would be a colossal screw up to introduce socialized medicine here. Regards, -Roberto -- Roberto C. Sanchez http://people.connexer.com/~roberto http://www.connexer.com
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