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Politics : A US National Health Care System?
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To: Road Walker who wrote (3616)1/6/2008 2:07:35 PM
From: Mary Cluney  Read Replies (2) of 42652
 
<<<But I do object to the libertarian 'hate and distrust' of government on almost every level. IMHO it stands in the way of the most efficient solutions to problems and progress. The ideology gets in the way of pragmatic, efficient solutions.>>>

I agree. Even if we grant that private enterprise will be more efficient in each and every instance than govenment run operations, libertarians will still just ignore situations where there is a need that private enterprise can not or will not fulfill.

I will agree that the postal service and major league baseball will be better served without government interference (exemption from anti trust legislation) but health care and education are better served if treated as a national security matter.

If we are attacked militarily, we can not wait for private enterprise to organise a rational defence. Similarly with education. We have to make sure that everyone has an equal opportunity to get an education through a network of public and private resources. It is in our interest that every child is forced to go to school whether they want to go or not.

The same could be said for health care. People will have to be disease free whether they want it or not. We can not let people be untreated from illness whether they want it or not.

The only question that should remain is how we are to pay for national security, public education, and universal health care.

Obviously third world countries can not provide these luxuries. Fortunately, we do not live in the third world. We are a member of the advanced coummunities in the world. We have to figure out a way to do this and not debate whether we should do it or not.
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