I don't think any rational American would oppose the conquest of Canada,
provided we could seize its governmental health benefits in the process. It
would certainly do us all more good to deploy our troops in Ottawa than in
Baghdad, which does not seem to be a fountain of low-cost comprehensive
health care.
No matter how virtuous overall, every political model has its practical weak
point. For freemarket public policy, health care is the chief glaring
failure of our age. The United States spends vastly more to buy health than
any other society on Earth, and gets a crappy return: Costa Ricans tend to
outlive us, along with the canny residents of at least 20 other nations that
spend about half what we do on our common human quest for survival.
Americans blow way too much for medical care that doesn't actually keep
them alive; and they have, in the end, no choice -- our system forces our
society to throw ever more good money after bad health results, year after
year. We have created a frightening society that cannot do the job other
advanced nations routinely accomplish.
Lesson: This country is making a titanic mistake. When it comes to health,
America is being scammed by an ideologically driven business model that
talks big, as Enron did, and delivers zero, as Enron did.
This outcome runs counter to my own biases and expectations. But it's an
indisputable fact by now. It's a loser.
-- Tony West
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jim Cummings" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Anthony West" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Cc: <[email protected]>
Sent: Thursday, March 08, 2007 12:31 AM
Subject: Re: [UC] Ross for president
If the U.S. liberated (annexed) Canada from its despotic government
which has forced Canadians to have single-payer cradle-to-grave health
care, then being born in Canada would not be an impediment to the
Presidency.
Jim
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