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

To: puborectalis who wrote (17480)4/29/2010 5:59:24 PM
From: TimF  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 42652
 
Not that I'd want to, but if I chose to eat myself to the point where I weighed 500 lbs, that would be my own business not the business of the government.

You never even address this idea. You talk about real or perceived problems as if the mere existence of them justified government intervention. It doesn't.

Also see

Obesity Rates Hit Plateau in U.S., Data Suggest
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To: puborectalis who wrote (17480)4/29/2010 6:06:55 PM
From: Lane3  Respond to of 42652
 
It's the legitimate business of CNBC to engage in this (even if they offer bad info). The feds, not so much.


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