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From: "Brooks Gregory" 
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Subject: Re: Single Payer Universal Health Care
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Date: Wed, 26 May 2004 16:53:01 GMT
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"mike gray"  wrote in message
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> Jonathan Smith wrote:
>
> > You want me to buy your health care insurance for you?  No, I don't
> > think so.
>
> Actually, that would be very kind and generous of you.
>
> > I would support incentives for you to pyurchase insurance,
> > I would support a group buying pool arrangement for self employeds,
> > and I would support minimalist coverage (catastrophic inpatient, for
> > example).
>
> But even in a pool (which any insurance is) the young, healthy, clean
> living Democrats that work as personal trainers will transfer their
> income to old, rum-swilling, diabetic, genetically inferior Republicans
> that work as roofers.
>
> It's still about (1) whether everyone should have some minimum standard
> of access, and (2) what is the mechanism for assuring that access.
>
> If the answer to (1) is "no", the answer to (2) is moot.
>
> I'm usually accused of being just to the right of Attilla, but I think
> the answer to (1) is "yes".
>
> Unfortunately, I can't find the answer to (2) without substantial gov't
> involvement and a helluva lot of transfer of wealth.
>
> I don't think this thread will solve the problem, but maybe it will make
> some folks aware of the fact that the solution is not as simple as
> politicians like to make it.
>

Instead of wringing our hands and making beggars out of people, why not
demand and insure that parents educate their children so they won't become
dependant upon government handouts?

As long as you support a beggar, a beggar will take the path of least
resistance and that path will be you.


-- 
Brooks Gregory