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To: koan who wrote (224000)	10/13/2007 9:12:28 PM
From: DMaA	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793587

He tried it, it failed, we are still living with it. LBJ tried the great society and we found out very quickly that too many people take advantagr of the assistance. That is why these experiments should be done on the state level. But we could not know without the experience, so then we (USA) tightened up.

To: koan who wrote (224000)	10/13/2007 9:13:34 PM
From: LindyBill	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793587

A society needs to do it, There is your "false premise," K. Because we use a gun and promise to shoot people if they don't do as we tell them on Police matters, you Liberals think it's open season to use it for everything. That got tried at length in a lot of countries during the last Century, and caused untold misery. Plus the slave pens in the Eastern Urals and Asia.

To: koan who wrote (224000)	10/14/2007 4:05:48 PM
From: Lazarus_Long	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793587

LBJ tried the great society and we found out very quickly that too many people take advantagr of the assistance. "Free" resources are ALWAYS overused. You expect otherwise? This isn't "free". This is just a scheme to transfer costs from one group to another. But we could not know without the experience, so then we (USA) tightened up. Cut the crap. Anyone with half a brain knows the answer to this "puzzle". A society needs to do it, but how, is a real big question!? WE DO? WHY? How DID all those thousands of generations of mankind that came before us survive without govt-provided health care anyway????? Before WW2 health insurance and company subsized health insurance were almost unknown. They became common because the gov't, in its infinite wisdom, made competition with wages between companies illegal during WW2- -so they competed with benefits. Hence compnany subsidized health insurance. How DID you grandfather or great-granfather survive without ths anyway? Are you REALLY willing to sacrifice the legitimate and necessary functions of gov't for this?????