Re: a dumb query? pls humor me
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
> get bumped by higher priority cases.
>
> You're dreaming.
>
> 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
in the street needs coverage for more routine stuff like checkups and the
emergency broken arm case.
Let's not confuse acute care with preventative care, either.
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