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To: Cogito who wrote (131289)	2/23/2010 1:04:34 PM
From: JohnM	Respond to of 541698

She really doesn't understand why people in this country are so resistant to that idea. Yep. There is, of course, a political culture answer. But it's terribly unsatisfactory.

To: Cogito who wrote (131289)	2/23/2010 1:16:01 PM
From: Lane3	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 541698

She really doesn't understand why people in this country are so resistant to that idea. Fear of the unknown, perhaps. Inertia, perhaps. Or perhaps that collectivism isn't prominent in our national culture. For me it's the model. I simply can't find any reasonable assurance that the model would be sustainable over time. It's a lifeboat drill writ large. I see a shrinking fully-loaded lifeboat with still-increasing load. Neither leaving people in the water, which we have now, nor sinking the boat, which seems to me is the inevitable result of what is proposed, is a good solution. We need a solution that rationalizes the relationship between the load and the size of the boat.

To: Cogito who wrote (131289)	2/24/2010 11:56:59 AM
From: cnyndwllr	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 541698

"She really doesn't understand why people in this country are so resistant to that idea." In Canada I suspect that they see themselves as paying into healthcare to take care of "us." In this country a lot of money and marketing strategy has gone into promoting the notion that we will be spending "our" healthcare money to take care of "them." And the "them"...lazy, steak eating welfare frauds, illegal immigrants, fat people smoking cigarettes and drinking wine, drug users...all taking money out of the pockets of hard working, church going, "I made it on my own", red blooded Americans. It's shocking to note how effectively the politics of division have been employed to further the ends of insurance companies, shallow politicians and big business. It's the lifeblood of the current crop of Republican politicians and it's costing this country dearly. Ed