BC>  RK> What investigative processes have you conducted to support your
BC>  RK> position? You say "there are plenty who would choose....", and 
BC> there
BC>  RK> are plenty in this country who would not trade...". How can you 
BC> make
BC>  RK> such an assertions without some data? There are millions in this
BC>  RK> country who would trade the system, or lack of system, that we 
BC> have
BC>  RK> for almost
BC>  RK> anything else.
BC> 
BC> You are making my point for me.  NO system is perfect.  When you 
BC> choose
BC> (definition of choose = discriminate, BTW) a system you weigh the
BC> advantages and disadvantages of one system over another FOR YOU.  
BC> There
BC> are plenty of Canadian-identical plans available right here in this
BC> country.  Contrarily, there are almost no US-identical plans 
BC> available
BC> in Canada.  There is much wider choice here.
BC> I get the feeling that the thrust of your argument rests on "free"
BC> healthcare.
    Reminds me of my former rabbi, who went to a synagogue in Ontario.
    After a year he was back visiting us, and told me "everything is free" 
[in Canada]...free college tuition when his kids got that age, free health 
care, etc.
    It took 20 minutes of walking him through an evaluation of Canada's 
devalued currency, sales tax on goods and services, high taxes generally, and 
overpriced gasoline in a nation exporting oil to convince that rabbi who has 
a Ph.D. that "I guess you pay for it somehow"!
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