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Post #172,945
by bepatient
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9/7/04 12:34:44 PM
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New I wouldn't call you that...
...until at least the 4th beer :-)

Its a matter of semantics, I think. I don't think you'll find anyone that says "Its ok for all these people to not have access to medical care." (well, maybe one or 2) However, the spectre of "nationalized health care" will spook quite a few people.

We don't exactly have a really good track record established at the Fed level where all things healthcare are concerned. Medicare/aid ain't exactly a model to be followed.

Probably could have insured all the uninsured for just the cost of the latest foray into senior drug benefits.
If you push something hard enough, it will fall over. Fudd's First Law of Opposition

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Post #172,958
by ben_tilly
9/7/04 2:02:21 PM
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New My opinion on a good model to follow
Make the rulemakers live under the same system as the rest of us. That gives them good incentives to not screw it up.

Let them live under a different system, and they'll mess ours up every time.

(The same principle applies to other kinds of systems as well. Like programming languages.)

Cheers,
Ben
To deny the indirect purchaser, who in this case is the ultimate purchaser, the right to seek relief from unlawful conduct, would essentially remove the word consumer from the Consumer Protection Act
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Post #172,976
by a6l6e6x
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9/7/04 3:45:00 PM
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New Otherwise known as "Eat your own dogfood!" :)
Alex
"If you can control the meaning of words, you can control the people who must use the words." -- Philip K. Dick, US science fiction writer
     Experts challenge Schwarzenegger - (lincoln) - (11) - Sept. 5, 2004, 12:39:11 PM EDT
         If Kerry can be in Cambodia... - (bepatient) - (8) - Sept. 5, 2004, 12:57:57 PM EDT
             Big difference - (altmann) - (1) - Sept. 5, 2004, 04:14:47 PM EDT
                 In addition - (altmann) - Sept. 5, 2004, 04:18:07 PM EDT
             No, I don't know the drill - (ben_tilly) - (5) - Sept. 7, 2004, 11:54:57 AM EDT
                 Maybe he was, maybe he wasn't. - (bepatient) - (4) - Sept. 7, 2004, 12:04:09 PM EDT
                     Which inconsistency are you talking about? - (ben_tilly) - (3) - Sept. 7, 2004, 12:18:29 PM EDT
                         I wouldn't call you that... - (bepatient) - (2) - Sept. 7, 2004, 12:34:44 PM EDT
                             My opinion on a good model to follow - (ben_tilly) - (1) - Sept. 7, 2004, 02:02:21 PM EDT
                                 Otherwise known as "Eat your own dogfood!" :) -NT - (a6l6e6x) - Sept. 7, 2004, 03:45:00 PM EDT
         Ahnold - the consumate Republican. -NT - (mmoffitt) - Sept. 5, 2004, 02:11:47 PM EDT
         Revisionist history. - (a6l6e6x) - Sept. 5, 2004, 04:11:27 PM EDT

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