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| Subject: Re: what DO you trust the government to run? | |
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Author: Duncan7 |
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Date Posted: 08:57:51 07/12/07 Thu In reply to: sci guy 's message, "what DO you trust the government to run?" on 05:27:56 07/12/07 Thu That is pretty stupid. people should do what they are responsible for. Just like anything else. You get a plumber when you need an electrician? These types of comparisons just prove that the people talking aren't any smarter then the people they are talking about. I mean really sci is this they type of stuff you want representing your opinion? >Governments run wars.... are they doing THAT poorly? > As Moore said in his interview with Jon Stewart.... >"What if we allowed the fire department to be run the >way private health care is run? 'you're putting out >too many house fires.... you have to cut down'" > > >>I certainly wouldn't want our government to run our >>health organizations the same way they run our >>schools. You will get a whole new set of problems. >> >>> How to pay for expanded government medical >coverage >>>is very simple, government does not pay corporate >>>executives as much as a billion dollars a year, >>>eliminating the overpaid business crook will save >>>enough money to cover millions, if not tens of >>>millions of people. Put price controls on drugs and >>>medical equipment like every free democratic country >>>has, and that will cover just about everyone else, >and >>>we will probably save money on the deal. I believe >>>america's drug bill is something like 200 billion >>>dollars, if we paid the same prices canada and europe >>>pays, we would save over 100 billion dollars, that's >a >>>huge number of insurance policies! >>> >>> Not only do other countries cover all their >>>citizens, they also pay much less for it, because we >>>overpay our business crooks for private health care. >>>Let government run our health care system instead of >>>wall $treet, and it will be much better and less >>>expensive. >>> >>>>I'm retired, but still 6 years away from medicare. >As >>>>far as workable plan they should just expand >medicare >>>>to cover all ages in my experience, but you still >>need >>>>to figure out how to pay for it without destroying >>the >>>>existing program. Capitalism is what it is and it's >>>>not going away in our lifetime. >>>> >>>>> >>>>>Duncan, there has been a workable plan all along >the >>>>>way. And I'm set to retire soon but who knows, eh? >>>>lol [ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ] |