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Skriven 2006-07-11 19:18:00 av Robert E Starr JR (4310.babylon5)
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"Josh Hill" <usereplyto@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> On Thu, 6 Jul 2006 08:08:58 -0500, "Dennis \(Icarus\)"
> <ala_dir_diver@yahoo.com> wrote:
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> >
> >"Josh Hill" <usereplyto@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> >> I'm interested in doing things that make things better. AFAIK, the
> >> Clinton proposal would have done that. Had the political situation
> >> allowed a better solution, I'm sure they would have proposed it, but
> >> their plan had to please some greedy power groups if it was to have
> >> any hope of passing.
> >
> >There would've been some pluses, and lots more negatives.
>
> Do you know that, or are you just saying it? I mean, our situation is

I know that based on my examination of the plan.

> pretty ghastly -- 40 million uninsured, lousy health and longevity

Ok, 40 million uninsured - why not address that problem instead of a
sweeping "takeover" of the whole system?
Easy one - power & control.
Here's another example - there are many more millions denied access to
adequate legal care due to cost.
Why not have single-payer legal insurance? They were, after all, lawyers and
should better understand that problem :-)

> statistics, businesses uncompetitive because of costs, paying more
> than twice as much per capita for health care as other industrial
> countries. I find it hard to believe that any serious plan could be
> worse.
>
> >> >Ex: there are, I think, better altertnatives to social security - but
any
> >> >attempt at reform is demonized.
> >>
> >> Actually, I don't think so. Social Security is an enormously efficient
> >> program, so efficient that it can't be improved in any meaningful
> >> sense.
> >
> >I think there's plenty of room for improvement.
>
> How? It's almost 100% efficient. You can't improve it significantly
> because there's nothing much to improve.

Really? Then all the folks who are complaining about an impending collapse
are just Cassandras?
:-)

Dennis


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