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Originally Posted by woot
We pay double the amount per capita of any other country, including the many who have better healthcare systems. The spectre of raising taxes is bogus. I do think that the next president will have to raise taxes in order to try to overcome Bush's prodigal spending, but that will happen regardless of healthcare.
It comes down to this: We all agree that the government should provide certain basic services to its citizens. That you think that healthcare shouldn't be included in that doesn't make you less of a socialist than someone who does. It's only a matter of priorities.
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The government's job is to only provide protection and infrastructure, IMO. When it gets it's hands on anything else, it screws up.