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Politics : A US National Health Care System?
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To: J_F_Shepard who wrote (4761)2/21/2008 6:42:42 PM
From: TimF  Read Replies (2) of 42652
 
don't you logically think that if all the systems were a failure, at least one of them would have dumped it?

It doesn't follow as a matter of logic.

In terms of deductive logic there simply is no connection.

In terms of inductive logic (which is less solid, but easier to apply to more real world situations) the results show that government programs that give out popular "freebies" or subsidies tend to stick around even if they are failures in economic terms. (Look at farm price supports in the US and Europe, look at the sugar quota, the milk compact, and trade restrictions and corporate welfare in general)
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