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To: tejek who wrote (378042)	4/18/2008 4:26:13 PM
From: TimF	Respond to of 1578927

I knew American cars weren't as good as some foreign models, but are they this bad? I don't think so. The issue is not quality of cars. The issue is that we drive more. And its not just car accidents. Maybe Americans are just more prone to be risk takers, but we have higher non-car accident rates than most other wealthy countries. Wasn't it just a couple of years ago you all were saying that Europe had nearly caught up with us when it came to crime? Crime not homicide, and also the point was not that the rates where identical but that they where converging. Converging doesn't imply "same" or even "very close". Now it is true that the rates are reported differently, so the real rate is probably a bit closer than those figures would suggest, but most countries in Europe have a noticeably lower homicide rate. Unfortunately, a lot of people can't get it. Only about 10% of the official "uninsured" figure "can't get it", as the points your quoted show. Also even those 10% can "get it", just not as much or as well. And you miss the point about the measurement by how "fairly distributed" health care is. If the richest or most influential 10% start getting better health care, that would lower are score for fairness, even if the care for the rest of the people stays the same or gets slightly better. Considering how the poorest 10% does is reasonable, but a penalty for improvements at the top is not.