Fri, Jun-06-08, 12:57
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Dazed and Confused
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Location: Flip-flop, FL
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Originally Posted by Baerdric
OK, let's say I make a product that costs me $10 to make, and I find buyers who are willing to pay $12 for it. Then you come along and can only afford $5 and use the government to force me to sell it to you at that price.
Where does the extra money come from? How will I buy the material I need to make more, so I can sell them to you at a loss next time?
"Free Health care" isn't Socialized medicine, it's Socialism. Socialism requires a tyranny to enforce because sane people won't work for a loss.
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Pfffft. It's more complex than that. All it takes is to reconfigure groups to spread the risk among the group members that would result in more equity. It is government interference that is keeping small business owners from banding together to create larger groups which would make health insurance more affordable. Do you know how many people work for small businesses and have no insurance? Do you know who is picking up the tab for those folks now? The government. Is this stupid or what?
And it is not a matter of selling to the highest bidder in my case. It is a matter of being denied insurance at any price. Just SOL. Our constitution does afford us protection from discrimination and people with chronic health conditions are discriminated against. That's just a fact. It's not market forces. It's the insurance companies screwing us because they can.
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