PA POLITICS 21 RE NATIONAL HEALTH CARE AND THE FREEDOM THE LEFT ENVISIONS FORYOU
Date: Fri, 04 Jul 2003 14:53:26 -0400

From: Mischa Gelman (mgelman@no-spam)
Subject: Re: National health care and the "freedom" the left envisions foryou...

Paul wrote:

> It is the US, not Europe, not Canada or any other country with a national > system that spends a disproportionate amount of health care dollars keeping > elderly people alive well beyond it makes any sense to.

So we should stop helping people once they can no longer work? Not that I expect a different view from a social darwinist like yourself, but you occasionally show glimpses of religious or moral views. Ah well.
And, Paul, weren't you just whining about how those cheap European countries are pushing palliative care and NEM code statuses? Nice to see how quickly you flip-flop your views within the space of the same thread.

> In the US individuals live much longer than those in other developed > countries where as in those countries a larger number of people live to an > old age
Care to offer up any statistics for this conundrum?

> populations absent large sub-cultures where drugs, violence and other things > that lead to the death of larger numbers of younger people as is the case in > the US.

Paul, you're ignoring the rampant drug abuse in many European countries where it's legal. Of course, paying attention to fact would mean that you couldn't slander blacks or hispanics as well.

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Republicans lie to us constantly too, to get votes, but we KNOW and EXPECT them to lie because we know who they represent. But the two-faced Democrats pretend to be the workers' friends, and then betray their supposed constituency. - Ed Rollins