Re: Politically Correct Description of the Third World

[Doug Pensinger]

Bob Henderson wrote:

 In the US, if the child does
> not, or does not have the ability or opportunity to, help with the household
> chores, then they do not get given a band aid when they cut their finger.

Actually, I think it's worse than that.  There is a safety net for the very
poor.  The ones that are excluded are most often the working poor.  So they
are doing their chores and still don't get band aids.  Now that's piss poor.

Doug
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government inefficiency and incompetence abound. Yet the record of private
insurers is far worse. Their overhead is, on average, 600% above that of
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from Physicians for a National Health Forum, Why the U.S. Needs a Single Payer
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