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Politics : A US National Health Care System?

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To: Lane3 who wrote (4764)2/21/2008 10:27:03 PM
From: J_F_Shepard  Read Replies (2) of 42652
 
"Once people are used to getting something for free, it would have to be absolutely horrid before they'd consider giving it up."

Whose getting anything for free???? You will pay for it just like we pay for SS and Medicare...... Those who can't afford it will get subsidies......you're not against that are you?

re:Soviet Union......no, I don't remember strong resistance to change from Communism to Capitalism.... I remember civil strife and an economy that was in deep do-do..... I always felt that Gorbachev had the right tempo of change....more like what the Chinese are doing successfully.

" Social services are predominantly a one-way street."

Why would they not be if they are improvements on the old system and benefit more people....What would you reverse?
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