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To: TimF who wrote (8272)	8/28/2008 4:52:01 PM
From: Oeconomicus	Respond to of 10087

"Is health care more important than food? I think not. But no one is calling for a system of "universal" government food distribution." Just you wait. ;-)

To: TimF who wrote (8272)	8/28/2008 9:55:37 PM
From: Kevin Rose	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 10087

A public education is guaranteed by our government. Are you saying that is not as important as universal health care? If we don't allow people to die in the streets, then by definition there is some minimal universal health care. The issue then becomes: what is minimal? There is, in fact, universal food distribution, through food stamps and welfare. Some conditions exists, of course, but anyone who is a citizen and truly needs such food aid can get it. Works just like public education; if you need it, it's there, but some people opt to not utilize it. As far as #2 being a false dichotomy, I was stating #2 on the assumption that the first condition was true - that the government treat health care as it does education and food distribution. Is there a third choice that involves a different mechanism for providing universal health care?