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To: long-gone who wrote (23602)	11/29/1998 9:41:00 PM
From: goldsnow	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 116756

Oh, richard that is so simple...For neither Medicine or Gvn people do not have to spend cash in most instances..So cost is invisible..Sure give me dialysis at 90 years or pacemaker... Same on the other end, insurace pay for this not patient, so lets not argue and give it...The bottom line society demands eternity and that is costly (since society pays with their children's money than waste is not a concern...Any other business other than Gvn is different....

To: long-gone who wrote (23602)	11/30/1998 7:33:00 PM
From: goldsnow	Respond to of 116756

Richard Medicine like any entitlement once given, you can't scale it back....but at least in USA it provides good paying jobs for now, in Canada or Europe it destroys them by running every other tax into the stratosphere... To change subject the following reminds me old Soviet joke on Brainstorming what to do with Russia..."There are three gates wide open" (ref to number of open gates in Kremlin where the Gvn is) 'The purpose of the closed-door, day-long meeting is for this group of experts to stand back and reflect on the best policies for Russia in the future, given the immense challenges now facing the Russian government,'' she said infoseek.com