I think you guys are getting too domestic for an international list. Imagine if Pål, DagT, Tim, Toralf and I went on like that about Norwegian domestic politics. It would be a much more interesting discussion, of course, but only to us.
Thanks Jostein On 9/27/06, Douglas Newman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > --- Adam Maas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Note I support Socialized Medicine, not National > > Health Insurance. > > Sorry, I wasn't clear. > > "Socialized medicine" I take to mean a system like the > UK's, where the whole thing is government-owned > (whether it is controlled centrally or locally). > > By national (or state) health insurance, I simply mean > government-provided insurance that pays for people to > go to private hospitals, doctors, etc. (like the > American Medicare system, but for everyone, not just > senior citizens). > > I really should have said "state" or "government" > health insurance, not "national". > > But either way, both are way, way outside the > Democratic mainstream. Most Democrats would simply > favor strengthening the private insurance system so > that more people have insurance. In other words, they > support minor tweaking of the current system so that > marginally more people have insurance, but nothing > more. Anything more radical would be a political > liability. > > So I would still say that where you veer right, you'd > be right at home as a Republican, but where you veer > left, you'd be way left of the American political > mainstream. Entirely apart from healthcare, legalizing > hard drugs in the US would be only marginally more > politically popular as outlawing Christianity, and no > self-respecting politician would ever dare suggest > such a thing. Most American politicians don't even > support legalizing cannabis for medical/theraputic > purposes, let alone full legalization of soft drugs, > let alone total drugs legalization. I'm a radical > left-winger by US standards and even I don't support > it. > > New Doug > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around > http://mail.yahoo.com > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
