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Politics : View from the Center and Left
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To: JohnM who wrote (10486)2/1/2006 12:47:56 PM
From: TimF  Read Replies (1) of 541457
 
It can be used as spin but it isn't "simply a term of political spin". It has a generally accepted definition. I am just being consistent about applying that definition.

For instance, much of the present discussion about American health care notes that domestic corporations would be much abler competitors if their health insurance costs were publicly funded, much as the Japanese are. And the phrase is sometimes used in that regard that it would "socialize" health care costs. But, again, that reference is not meant to characterize the health care cost system but rather to note that costs are transferred to the public at large, the "social."

It might not be intended to categorize the system of health care insurance, but if the government does fund and run it, than it is actually a socialist system, so whatever the intention it would be an accurate categorization.

Tim
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