Re: a dumb query? pls humor me
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On 03/05/07 03:06, Paul Johnson wrote:
> 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.
What utter and complete sh*t.
How do *you* know that the "guy on the street" isn't in pain from a
degenerative (hip) bone disease or a head trauma or maybe cancer?
>
> Let's not confuse acute care with preventative care, either.
>
>
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