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   From: tetraethylleadREMOVETHIS@yahoo.com   
      
   On 2012-08-12, TibetanMonkey, the Beach Cruiser Philosopher  wrote:   
   > It wasn't through the books, my GF was sick and you know what being   
   > sick means in America. The medical industry itself makes you sick plus   
   > your own sickness. But wait, someone said she could be seen by a   
   > doctor (a real doctor) for 25 bucks! I thought it was a practical joke   
   > or perhaps a cruel joke. We got to the place and it was a very nice! I   
   > mean it was a trailer, but nice. The people were friendly, telling   
   > jokes, and the doctor showed up. No long wait either. She was seen...   
   > NEUMONIA! "C'mon, guys, where's the joke!?" I thought. Well, they are   
   > subsidized by the government, and that means SOCIALISM.   
      
   > I always had my doubts about it --bloated bureaucracy and free   
   > handouts-- but here it was, real socialism in the state of New York. I   
   > played this joke on the nurse: "Listen, we can get sick in Miami, get   
   > a plane here and keep the change!" She didn't laugh that much perhaps   
   > that would be an abuse of the program. This is for the local people   
   > and not for anybody else. I said, "Is this a program prevalent in NY?"   
   > She said "no" but wouldn't elaborate that much. Best of all, my GF was   
   > never asked if she was an indigent.   
   >   
   > Now I'm not afraid to be called a socialist. But notice, NOTHING FREE.   
   > It makes sense: AFFORDABLE BUT NOT FREE. Not even Obamacare can beat   
   > that. Simple and fair. That's my proposal at the next meeting of the   
   > Revolutionary Committee in Exile.   
   >   
   > It is said the revolution is about solutions.   
      
   If medical care were free market it would be affordable.   
   However it hasn't been free market for roughly a hundred years. Where   
   government started first with licensing and then progressively doing   
   more and more to increase the profits of what is essentially, a cartel.   
      
   Now if you want socialism instead of corporatism/fascism you'll just pay   
   high taxes and get next to nothing. But that next to nothing will be   
   affordable.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)