To: BubbaFred who wrote (39472 ) 9/24/2000 11:00:13 AM From: greenspirit Read Replies (1) | Respond to Do you mean the years when we won the cold war, and virtually removed the fear of a nuclear holocaust? free . As Robert and a few other Democratic posters here have stated. But in the real world, nothing is free. A cost here is part of an integrated system where someone else bears the burden. Giving prescription drugs to every person over the age of 55 will be born by others. It may sound good, this free concept. But in reality, central planning leads to economic morbidity, stagnation and higher costs to everyone.free prescription drugs and challenge the assumptions around which those rhetorical phrases have been uttered. We need to be intelligent enough to ask questions such as. Is it really free? If not who will pay the price? Can they afford a higher tax to pay for it? What other causal effects may occur? Has this model led to success in the past? And lastly, Am I just thinking selfishly about my last remaining years on the planet, do I really care about America's long term success as a nation?
