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Politics : A US National Health Care System?

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To: Road Walker who wrote (24390)	7/31/2012 10:18:05 AM
From: i-node	1 Recommendation Read Replies (1) of 42652

When you turn a faucet, does water come out? Every time? Do the street light come on every evening? Do criminals get caught and prosecuted and sent to jail? When we decide to go to war, does it happen? If you apply for a passport, do you get a passport? Does your drivers license get renewed? Streets cleaned? Mosquitoes sprayed for? Roads repaired? Is currency available so you can buy stuff? Is your car pretty safe? Do you feel like if you're cheated you can sue? Let's see... I think I could go on for a couple of days of this at least. I was referring to the federal government -- I will agree that the closer to home government is the better it functions. But consider this -- Do criminals get caught and prosecuted and sent to jail? Yes. And we have a federal penal system that is full of so-called drug criminals as a result of bad law that has been on the books for decades, an obviously failed program, that cannot be stopped because of the political bureaucracy. It costs us easily $100 Billion a year, destroys untold numbers of lives in the name of a "war on drugs" that is just stupid, and it will probably go on forever. When we decide to go to war, does it happen? Yes, but is the military a picture of efficiency? Is currency available so you can buy stuff? Yes, the government is excellent at printing money. Do you feel like if you're cheated you can sue? Have you dealt with the federal courts? Case closed. Yes, there are systems in place to deal with all these things, but practically every one of them is a model of horrible productivity.

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