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

To: Peter Dierks who wrote (11234)	11/10/2009 7:48:48 PM
From: TimF	1 Recommendation Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 42652

What a Wise Mother Would Wish Her Children to Do For a Living if ObamaCare Passes Steven Horwitz No, not plastics. It used to be that the stereotypical mother wanted her children to become doctors. If ObamaCare passes, she should want them to become medical lobbyists instead. If this monstrosity goes through, the lobbyists and rent-seekers will have decades of highly-paid employment in front of them. Plus, lobbyists can't be sued for malpractice. I continue to be amazed at my friends on the left who think this bill is some sort of victory for the little guy. This will be a feast of lobbying and rent-seeking as it will be tinkered with for years if it passes. Who wins at that game? Not you and me, but Big Insurance, Big Pharma, and Big Corporations in general, who can absorb the costs and engage in the lobbying. It will kill small businesses and it will impoverish and worsen the medical care of the middle class, as well as the poor. For all the talk on the left of being opposed to corporate power, they just don't seem to get that expanding the state's role is exactly what gives corporations REAL power through lobbying, rent-seeking and the all the rest. austrianeconomists.typepad.com