re: #575 EmmmieG

There never has been a system where faceless men in black dispense medication, not even in the Soviet Union or Cuba. I never said there was. I said that the US did a better job of providing for its people than command economies do. When it comes to goods and services, market economies, balanced by limited government regulation, do a better job.

I don’t hold that health care is an infrastructure. It’s a service. If you were paying attention, a while back they ran a story on the cafeterias in the House and Senate. One had been privatized. One had not. The public one provided poor food and ran in the red. The private was, apparently, a lot better. (I’ve never been to DC, so I can’t tell you personally.)

[Link: www.washingtonpost.com…]

Food is not even close to being like healthcare.

There are alternatives to buying food, you could bring a bag lunch from ANYWHERE else for example.

You can even grow your own food if you want… good luck giving yourself a heart transplant though….