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BigPapa10/18/2009 1:44:32 pm PDT

re: #387 sagehen

But those services are *not* only for catastrophic events. They do a lot of preventive work. The police do traffic control, or provide security for large public gatherings (not waiting until there’s a problem), the fire department does inspections and offers advice, the Coast Guard patrols just in case and provides information and advice as a routine matter. Individuals and businesses aren’t billed for any of these services; it’s taxpayer supported and available to everyone.

I never said they were ‘only’ for catastrophic events, but mostly are. These services administer needs to the society at large. Last I recall the health care changes being discussed will affect all of us, not just the poorest. If you are getting Section 8 and Food stamps you are getting equivalent health care to those services.

Many of these businesses and taxpayers are billed for these services directly, and we all pay for them through taxes. What is being advocated is to make this the model in some way shape or form for the health care industry which is much larger and more directly involved in all of our lives than these other services you discuss and are comparing.