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Politics : View from the Center and Left
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To: Lane3 who wrote (76187)7/24/2008 11:24:45 AM
From: Mary Cluney  Read Replies (1) of 543336
 
<<<I think it's obvious that there probably ISN'T one.>>>

Take for example how an Engineer, a Physicist, and Mathematician see the world:

There is a room, a small fire, and a fire extinguisher.

The Engineer uses the fire extinguisher to put out the fire. He doesn't necessarily need to explain the process.

The Physicist goes to great length to define the fire and the fire extinguisher. He explains in scientific detail the process that takes place when the fire extingusher is used properly to put out the fire. But, he doesn't actually put out the fire. That is some ne elses job.

The Mathematician will look at the problem and feel the problem is trivial. All he cares about is that the solution exists.

The health care problem is similar in that, of course the solution exists. It is just a matter of applying resources to solve a problem. The only problem right now is that the resources are limited.

Given that the resources are limited, all we have to do is find out how much we have to apply to the problem and then to decide the most good that can be accomplished with the limited resources.

The solution then will be comparable to Triage and who we allow to set the priorities and make those decisions. Not every one will be happy.

To do nothing makes no sense.

To leave it up to fate or some invisible magic does not make any sense.

To allow people to individually fight it out for resources does not make any sense.
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