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Politics : A US National Health Care System? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: TimF who wrote (3735)	1/11/2008 1:40:14 PM
From: Road Walker	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 42652

Now socialism isn't automatically in every single case bad. I don't look at something, and say "that's socialism so it is impossible that it could be good in any way". But lacking strong information to the contrary that's the safer way to bet than the opposite. The "safest" is to reserve judgement until you have some knowledge.

To: TimF who wrote (3735)	1/11/2008 1:55:05 PM
From: Mary Cluney	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 42652

<<<Socialism isn't a binary thing where you have total socialism or no socialism. We have socialist aspects in our economy now. Any of the proposals on the table for universal health care would increase the extent of socialism. >>> The word "socialism" has been used on this thread as code equivalent to "Willie Horton". Whenever we suggest policies that ease the lives of the poor and powerless, there are people on this thread who will trot out links to right wing websites that repeat over and over again and in various formats that low taxes and a weak safety net are essential to the well being and prosperity of our country. We are told over and over again that any safety net will lead to the dreaded "socialism".