-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- mattd <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> AU has a national health scheme,I used it to have a graft on my eardrum > several years back.Didnt cost a cent. > There are gaps in the system such as long waiting lists and poor dental > cover,its also under pressure from the economic > 'rationalists' esp in the liberal party.The only reason I mention such a > creation of the hated state is that it could soon be a matter of life or > death for many septic tanks.The foot and mouth outbreak in Britain would > have been nipped in the bud a lot quicker had computerized tags been > used.There's some scrambling around now in the US to shore up sagging > public health infrastructure.What's probably really needed is something > like I seem to remember Lady C proposing.I'm boosting 2 things here that on > the surface may seem anathema to anarchists.IDs for all and socialized > medicine.Am I wrong to? You sure as hell are. This is the source of the power of the State: popular demand for its services. AP all the politicians and bureaucrats, and it would be those like yourself who assert entitlement to government benefits who would be stumbling over each other to erect new politicians and bureaucrats in order to provide those services. AP all the self-righteous claimants to entitlements, like yourself, and the State would dry up and blow away. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: 2.6.3ia Charset: noconv iQBVAwUBPCM3mfPsjZpmLV0BAQHwsgH9HIOurXjOEeXzt8MlJKOlh6PEwSLeoeF5 rsAr2AGlfzMhWf6AIIUpWIizgN5gpsCimSmXzf5jUJEgyvEDRXV4jg== =qjh+ -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
