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Originally Posted by kane
I'm not saying that the government should run health care. I'm simply saying that health care reform is something that I feel is vital to the future success of this country and if we don't do something about it eventually it is going to bite us in the ass.
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We ALL want health care reform. We DONT want Obamacare.
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Also, I happen to think some government regulation of the financial markets is a good thing. When you look back in history you see that our past is filled with boom and bust periods. Not gain and recession, boom and bust. We need some regulation (much of which was put in by FDR) to help reduce the chances of that happening. As times change more and more people are now relying on 401K and other tools like that for their retirement. You can't allow these people to work their entire lives setting up a retirement fund only to lose it all because a few people on Wall Street got greedy. Over regulation is bad, but putting some in place to keep those that would abuse the system while fucking over the rest of us is a good thing.
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Kane, boom and bust cycles are a natural part of economics. Goverment regulation prolonges or shortens these booms and busts and there are usually economic consequences afterwards. If they stepped out of the economic spotlight and let us have a true free market economy where the markets control everything and correct when they need to correct, then we would be more prosperous in the long run.