[geeks] healthcare was: nVidia 8800GT for Apple Mac Pro

[Shannon Hendrix]

On May 22, 2008, at 14:42 , Mike Meredith wrote:

> Yes I know. But it's still rationed by your ability to pay.

So is socialized medicine.

> I don't know about other socialised health-care systems, but in the  
> NHS
> most of the people in charge do in fact have MDs.

So do most of the bean counters here.

That hardly makes them operate ethically or competently.

If I listened to my doctors all the time, I'd be dead now.

>> SOCIALISM NEVER WORKS.  That is just the way it is.
>
> I'm not overly impressed with capitalism myself.

It sucks, but the other systems suck worse.

I've never seen socialism build a nation and maintain it, and don't  
see how it ever could.

Most socialist systems depend on a free market somewhere to subsidize  
them.

> I wouldn't want
> socialism on a permanent basis, but a good strong dose of it every few
> years seems a good idea.

Socialism is like democracy: it's OK with a little s, as a technical  
method in *SOME* circumstances, but sucks horribly as a total system.

> Or even do the socialism bit properly!

Our taxes are already too high.

So far there has been no plan in any nations I've seen yet, where the  
taxes are not higher than the free market costs for the same services,  
especially since it forces me to get things I don't need.

People tend to vote themselves largess without thinking of the future  
very much.

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Shannon Hendrix
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