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Politics : A US National Health Care System?
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To: Lane3 who wrote (10251)10/8/2009 8:33:00 AM
From: skinowski1 Recommendation  Read Replies (1) of 42652
 
I just posted to i-node about this a moment ago... A friend who is an outstandingly bright guy, very well informed and an author of several books questioned me once - why do I think that if some action or project is done privately, it's good, and if the very same thing is done by the government, it's necessarily bad?

I think it's a very good and legitimate question.

The answer is, of course, that the government's actions and decisions are - sort of - set in stone.... they are inflexible, there is little room for mistakes, for inventiveness. They are more likely to get bogged down by unintended consequences - and in snowballing attempts to correct and control those consequences. Not to mention that governments will enshrine their mistakes in law - and punish people for not obeying those laws.

Socialized healthcare would be subject to the same drawbacks.
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