> T-Bone wrote: > The contention that health care costs should be required is where I think > the point falls apart.
Yup. As I've pointed out there's at least 2 forms of this thinking out there: France and Finland. * France puts this burden on businesses as well as many others, and covers the overflow with taxes. Consequently you've got high taxes (but services), but also higher unemployment. This is because once you're hired into a corporation in France, basically, they can't fire you. That means corporations think long and hard before hiring anybody. * Finland puts the full burden on the tax payer. This has been much more successful IMHO as it makes their businesses more agile, not to mention competitive. Hey I'm all for social services - as long as they don't create an entitlement class. Here's the problem with studies: they may show the possible but rarely the practical. What usually happens in America is you throw out these Bleeding Heart programs which creates an entitlement class. That group now has political power and they *always* ask for more. There's always a politician to fight for that. Consequently taxes skyrocket and the hard-working flee - or at least their money does. In America we call this the 70s. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:193186 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
