Det synes jeg vi skal gjøre en dag, på norsk, og legge inn noen ufine kommentarer om amerikanske navlebeskuere .-)
DagT Den 27. sep. 2006 kl. 08.11 skrev Jostein Øksne: > 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 DagT http://dag.foto.no Beware of internet links. You never know what is on the other side. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
