Re: Politically Correct Description of the Third World

[Ronn Blankenship]

At 13:04 28-01-01 +1300, Bob wrote:

>If the other examples are incorrect, please direct me to some proof. I
>should have mentioned that Cuba provides free health care for all its
>people. How is it that a socialist dictatorship in the third world can
>achieve that when the richest country in the world can not?


That does not tell the whole story, though.  Canadians also have 
government-guaranteed health care, and many of them, when faced with a 
six-month or greater wait for open-heart or other life-saving surgery, come 
across the border to be treated in the U.S.  That can't be compared 
directly to Cuba, since Cubans don't have the same freedom to come to the 
U.S. and return at will.  Assuming, however, that travel was unrestricted 
and you needed something like a brain tumor removed or a liver transplant, 
do you think you would choose to go to Cuba or the U.S.?


-- Ronn!  :)