re: #560 Renaissance_Man

Opposing total and overwhelming improvement because of vague ideological fears about the ‘Iron Curtain’ and ‘government’ seems foolish.

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What? Total and overwhelming improvement?

Just because the government promises something doesn’t mean it will happen, and it hasn’t happened. When it happens, you can make that statement.

In general, a command economy cannot provide the same level of life as a market economy. In general.

The Russians got Sputnik up first. They were living in crappy little apartments.

Monopolies are usually not a good way to provide a service, with the obvious exceptions of those services that either cannot be provided privately (the army) or those that require a resource that is limited, like roads or airwaves.

The problem with health care in the US, as it stands now, is that the end-consumers have no incentive to try to be frugal*, which means that it operates differently than other types of goods or services. Also, not going out to eat is very different from not taking a child to the emergency room.

I have no faith whatsoever that the government could provide superior health care, and this is mostly from my past interactions with them.

*I am referring to times when you might choose to go to one doctor over another, or not getting a test right now if you feel it isn’t necessary—which is something I did.