On 12/15/2012 6:05 PM, meekerdb wrote:
On 12/15/2012 7:09 AM, Roger Clough wrote:
Hi Craig Weinberg
Conservatives indeed generally resist most
(but not all) change because the changes
are emotionally based rather than logically based,
and so often do more harm than good.
And waste money.
You mean like abolishing slavery, universal education, giving women
the vote, putting up lightning rods, vaccination,... all those
'emotionally based' changes that conservatives opposed in the name of
God, the bible, and the divine right of kings?
Hey Brent!
OK, we now have good enough reasons to "reeducate them people". Are
you trying to be a guard at that camp that I might possibly need to
bribe? I grew up as a son of "Bible Thumpers". I have a small measure of
knowledge of what the world looks like through those eyes. Your white
wash is a bit too broadly brushed!
We will have to wait to see if I am right or not,
but all of the indications suggest that Obamacare
will be at least a financial catastrophe.
It may well be, since conservatives prevented European style national
health care, which costs only half as much per capita.
Where is that shown to be true? Take a look at the chat at
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_total_health_expenditure_(PPP)_per_capita
You will see the US at the top of the chart of PPP. (the purchasing
power parity (PPP) per capita). OK, now compare a normal measure of the
life expectancy of those countries. You will see something interesting.
Those countries that spend a lot PPP-wise tend to correlate to having
capitalisitc econimic systems and those that tend to the low end of the
PPP ranking tend to have non-capitalistic or anti-capitalistic
economies. Why is that?
The Dems had to compromise by mandating private insurance in order to
get the insurance company lobbyist on their side.
The Democrates held the House, Senate and Presidency from
2008-2010. What prevented them from passing laws that prevented lobbyist
pressure in those 2 years??? I guess it wasn't so important... Outlaw
lobbying while you can if you are going to complain about it! I got no
dog in that hunt. I am interested in all facts, not rationalizations
that are based of cherry-picked particular facts and outright neglect or
ignorance of others.
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Onward!
Stephen
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