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Politics : A US National Health Care System?
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To: Mary Cluney who wrote (3233)12/12/2007 2:58:10 PM
From: Lane3  Read Replies (1) of 42652
 
Even if the economy could support my version of a safety net, you would probably still object.

If I thought it would work, I'd support it. I'm all for any system that works.

You have other issues with respect to libertarian views on self interest versus selfishness.

You have the cause and effect backwards. I came to hold those views as I recognized that collectivism doesn't and can't work long term in this country. I didn't start out with those views; I backed into them. (When I first was eligible to vote, I planned to register as a Socialist. As it turns out, my state didn't register people to parties so I never got the chance.) As I got older and as I worked with systems, I realized how bass-ackwards my thinking was. It's a sorry yet simple fact of life that sharing the commons doesn't work well with human beings. Try as we may, human nature creates bullies and free riders who deplete the commons until we reach a tipping point where it no longer makes sense to be a net contributer.

The best solution to that is to have as few resources held commonly as possible. We have enough trouble sharing the commons that we can't possibly privatize, such as the air. We don't need to make health care part of the unmanageable and endangered commons.

I think, for most people, the solution is to fix health care without undermining our economic system.

For me, too. That's why I rule out "free" universal health care.

In that, there is a solution to the problem. There is probably no solution in your weltanschuuang.

There is. If we could just get people off this "free" universal health care shtick and start working on it.
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