Re: a dumb query? pls humor me
Paul Johnson <baloo@ursine.ca>:
> s. keeling wrote:
>
> > Paul Johnson <baloo@ursine.ca>:
> >> Steve Lamb wrote:
> >>
> >> > Paul Johnson wrote:
> >> >> Totalitarianism and socialism aren't mutually exclusive, but neither
> >> >> is any other economic and political model combination.
> >> >> Correlation without causation.
> >> >
> >> > They're not mutually exclusive because they are the same. Personal
> >> > liberty is economic liberty! You can't have one without the other.
> >> > Any political movement which curtails economic liberty is directly
> >> > curtailing personal liberty.
> >>
> >> We'll see if you keep saying that next time you need an operation not
> >> covered by private health insurance.
> >
> > Uh huh. Move to Canada. Need a hip replacemnt? Six to eighteen
> > months wait, tops. Catscan? A year and a half, assuming you don't
> >
> > Socialism doesn't work for the guy on the street.
>
> The guy on the street doesn't need a hip replacement or a cat scan. A guy
This is a ridiculous statement. I've met a few who did. All
Canadians, regardless of their position in the scheme of things have
two choices: accept what you're offered by those in control, or cross
the border and pay for it and get it, for a price. Here, paying more
to get it is considered "two tiered healthcare", and "queue jumping."
I don't envy US-ians their health insurance bills. The US-ian system
is also far too bogged down with lawyers and paperwork. However, you
can get it when you want it if you've paid for the privilege.
We wait in line, endlessly in some cases.
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