From: Tony Williams 

Gary Britt wrote:
> That's a LIE.

No, it's the absolute truth. I didn't say the ambulance wouldn't turn up,
just that it would cost a ludicrous amount which the patient would be
responsible for paying.

> Its not government's job to feed people, provide them housing or healthcare.

Yes it is.

--
Tony

> People are responsible for providing for themselves (in general).  Its
> government's job to make sure there is opportunity for those who want to
> work to provide these things for themselves.
>
> Gary
>
> "Tony Williams"  wrote in message
> news:43b98a11$1{at}w3.nls.net...
>
>>Phil Payne wrote:
>>
>>>>That's the communist/socialist point of view though,
"if all cannot be
>>>>equally successful, all must be equally unsuccessful."
It's a rip
>
> everyone
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>>>>down to the lowest common denominator system -- a completely flawed
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> point
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>>>of
>>>
>>>
>>>>view as has been proven fruitless repeatedly... Yet one that the left
>>>>continues to embrace as they secretly pine for the
resurrection of their
>>>>ideal model: the Soviet Union.
>>>
>>>
>>>Did you ever go to the Soviet Union?
>>>
>>>A friend of mine slipped on a stone staircase in Tashkent Airport.  She
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> fell
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>>>against a step and broke a tooth out of her jaw.  Blood everywhere.
>>>
>>>There were two white-coated first aiders then within a few minutes - the
>>>ambulance came within a quarter of an hour and she was on an operating
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> table
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>>>within the hour with a local anesthetic applied to the jaw and pretty
>>>serious surgery performed to fix the tooth.  From the look of the
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> hospital
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>>>and the people milling around pre and post treatment, we weren't in any
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> way
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>>>privileged - the peasants were getting the same treatment.
>>>
>>>I wonder how she'd have faired under your version of capitalism.
>>
>>Without medical insurance she'd be paying about $1000 just to get an
>>ambulance called out to the scene.
>>
>>--
>>Tony
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