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To: TimF who wrote (257)	11/11/2002 12:22:42 PM
From: tejek	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 7936

Well of course. In a democracy the government derives its power from the people, but that doesn't mean that it isn't the government directly allowing for the problem here. If you are to excuse any government fault because the government is elected by the people then you might conclude that government is perfect but I don't see things that way. Tim, I am not arguing that the gov't is perfect. However, the system that adjudicates lawsuits is the best we have been able to develop to date, and its formation was encouraged by the people. However, in my original argument, I believed it was litigation that was the cause of skyrocketing medical expenses. Litigation has been prompted by poor and imperfect medical relief provided by medical institutions and doctors, and/or by meritless claims submitted by dishonest patients who take advantage of the system. Were medical relief always perfectly beneficial and professionally provided, and/or were all patients honest, then there would be no need for the gov't/the courts to step in. So it isn't necessarily the gov't that's flawed but rather the people who make up the system. As with other arguments on this subject, you treat gov't as if its this distinct and distant entity that rears its ugly head from time to time, and acts as this unruly weight that forever finds ways to screw with us. That may well be true in a dictatorship, but in a democracy, the gov't is directly tied to and molded by the people it serves. ted