-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 03/05/07 03:06, Paul Johnson wrote: > s. keeling wrote: > >> Paul Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: >>> Steve Lamb wrote: >>> >>>> Paul Johnson wrote: >>>>> Totalitarianism and socialism aren't mutually exclusive, but neither >>>>> is >>>> any >>>>> other economic and political model combination. Correlation without >>>> causation. >>>> >>>> They're not mutually exclusive because they are the same. Personal >>>> liberty is economic liberty! You can't have one without the other. >>>> Any political movement which curtails economic liberty is directly >>>> curtailing personal liberty. >>> We'll see if you keep saying that next time you need an operation not >>> covered by private health insurance. >> Uh huh. Move to Canada. Need a hip replacemnt? Six to eighteen >> months wait, tops. Catscan? A year and a half, assuming you don't >> get bumped by higher priority cases. >> >> You're dreaming. >> >> Socialism doesn't work for the guy on the street. > > The guy on the street doesn't need a hip replacement or a cat scan. A guy > in the street needs coverage for more routine stuff like checkups and the > emergency broken arm case.
What utter and complete sh*t. How do *you* know that the "guy on the street" isn't in pain from a degenerative (hip) bone disease or a head trauma or maybe cancer? > > Let's not confuse acute care with preventative care, either. > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFF7EAgS9HxQb37XmcRApHoAJ9YPozZJoBL9Rs2yQUwVsusqRPvmACgraTG RkU2qf15NXPAR7VyvdOfjNA= =3u9M -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]