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To: i-node who wrote (488793)	6/17/2009 9:47:20 PM
From: J_F_Shepard	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1573908

36 trillion ?????? Are they Rush numbers??? You didn't tell me how many countries dropped universal care?? Have you asked how much Medicare is appreciated ??? You should be living in the woods with an RPG launcher ready to defend your home.....wack job.

To: i-node who wrote (488793)	6/17/2009 10:48:47 PM
From: bentway	1 Recommendation Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1573908

How do all these other, poorer countries afford universal health care? HOW Dave?

To: i-node who wrote (488793)	6/17/2009 11:10:54 PM
From: combjelly	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1573908

"with the result that every democracy will finally collapse due to loose fiscal policy, which is always followed by a dictatorship" Exactly how many have followed this path? The only democracies I can think of which collapsed into dictatorships are Germany and Italy, and both of those did so for reasons other than what you claim. There are some third world countries which did the same, but, again, it wasn't because the people were voting largess.

To: i-node who wrote (488793)	6/17/2009 11:52:07 PM
From: tejek	Respond to of 1573908

A democracy is always temporary in nature; it simply cannot exist as a permanent form of government. A democracy will continue to exist up until the time that voters discover that they can vote themselves generous gifts from the public treasury. From that moment on, the majority always votes for the candidates who promise the most benefits from the public treasury, with the result that every democracy will finally collapse due to loose fiscal policy, which is always followed by a dictatorship." - Tytler All of that happened under Bush and we are still a democracy. I guess Tytler had it wrong.