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To: Grainne who wrote (42082)	6/27/1999 11:48:00 AM
From: Father Terrence	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 108807

People in the medical profession, especially doctors, would become "economic slaves". Rights are only a TRUE right if they do not violate the basic rights of others. Socialism attempts to create rights which violates other individual's real rights. Socialized medicine is great... unless you happen to be a doctor. FT

To: Grainne who wrote (42082)	6/27/1999 11:55:00 AM
From: im~ristine	Respond to of 108807

oh man, i don't consider HMO 'privatized health care,' with all do respect, i about spit my coffee on the monitor, when i read that! privatized with respect to government control! yes! but oh my gosh, this is NOT about the government! oh my gosh, Way Way Way beyond that! Way beyond that! Thing that cracks me up, is other industries, don't think they will go the way, of the health care industry, cracks me up how denial in other industries, about the internet's effect on them, cracks me up how government itself denies the changes coming down the road due to the internet. i say throw out the baby with the bathwater... internet based government, internet based taxes, internet based mindset throw it all out....

To: Grainne who wrote (42082)	6/27/1999 1:14:00 PM
From: greenspirit	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 108807

Christine-res << Sorry, Terrence, but please forgive me. Your posts lately have sounded so much like Michael Cummings' that I became momentarily confused. This was actually a question for him, and I am hopeful that he will reply:>>> Gee, thanks Christine, that's a real compliment. :-) I happen to hold Terrence in high esteem intellectually and its one of main reasons I decided to return here and banter. I missed him. <<Incidentally, aren't you still in the armed forces? It really makes me laugh to hear you criticize things like governmental participation in the health care system, income taxes, or Social Security, when you have totally paid for medical care, subsidized groceries and other household items at the commissary, a very secure pension that cuts in much earlier than it does for other Americans, and that I am forced to pay for all of these things with my income taxes! Somehow, your positions just don't compute.>> Ahhh, decided to go down that personal nasty road again huh Christine? What's the matter, is it impossible to stick to the subject matter and formulate a logical position based on that? Michael