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

To: Mary Cluney who wrote (4919)	2/25/2008 4:26:51 PM
From: TimF	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 42652

If your going to quote my statement you might as well make the comment relevant to the statement. Nothing wrong with raising another issue, but then why include the quote if the new statement isn't related to the issue you want to talk about? There is no good reason to fight this trend. There are plenty of reasons to fight the trend of having the government take over more and more of health care (esp. because health care is an increasing part of the economy not a decreasing one). Its possible that I am fighting a losing battle, but its far from certain, and since I don't have to pay a cost the way I would in a real battle, staving off defeat, even if its inevitable is worth it. As for a list of countries, well "everyone is doing it" isn't much of an argument.

To: Mary Cluney who wrote (4919)	2/29/2008 10:16:43 PM
From: Peter Dierks	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 42652

2007 Index of Economic Freedom heritage.org The Heritage Foundation has published the 2007 Index of Economic Freedom, measures and ranks 161 countries across 10 specific freedoms, including tax rates and property rights [a description of the 10 freedoms is below the fold]. The 5 Most Free Countries (and their freedom scores) are: 1. Hong Kong (89.3%) 2. Singapore (85.7%) 3. Australia (82.7%) 4. United States (82.0%) 5. New Zealand (81.6%) ... The three highest scores for the U.S. are: * Business Freedom (94.5%) * Labor Freedom (92.1%) * Property Rights (90.0%) The three lowest scores for the U.S. are: * Freedom from Government (67.5%) * Freedom from Corruption (76.0%) * Trade Freedom (76.6%) COLUMN A (without)COLUMN B(counties with universal health care) Hmmm. It looks like freedom and socialism are not closely coordinated. I suspect you would find the freedom from corruption inversely coordinated with Socialized Medicine.