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To: Mary Cluney who wrote (51940)	3/5/2008 9:17:58 PM
From: TimF	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 541787

I am generally against socialism on principle, but since we have so much of it anyway my biggest objection is practical rather than on principle. Also I recognize that there are problems with our current system (and would be with any system, but I don't think our system is as good as it possibly can be), so I'm open to discussion about ways to improve it, including ways that involve an expansion of government involvement. I'd be skeptical about such expansion, and certainly don't think it should be the default assumption at the beginning of the conversation, but I don't categorically rule out any expansion. OTOH you do seem pretty close to categorically ruling out any solution that doesn't involve a large expansion of government involvement. For one thing your starting with the idea that receiving health care is a natural human right, and apparently with the idea that we have to accept this right before we can move forward on a practical plan. Also its not just about me. Even if I am so supposedly inflexible, that I would not consider your ideas (and I'm not, even when I've rejected them or expresses skepticism I give them serious consideration), your original post was to Rambi who clearly isn't a hard line doctrinaire libertarian on this issue, but even with her you where laying down those preconditions.