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Originally Posted by Robbie
CDSmith...I agree...but our govt. spends more money than every other country combined on a fucking military to kill people and try to run the world. So we can't do that.
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It would require an entire overhaul of how health care is delivered in the US, changing it from an insurance system to a true health care system. Instead of paying for health insurance all 100 million tax paying Americans (or however many there are) would simply pay a % point or two more than they are paying now. That would in a lot of cases end up costing you LESS than your present yearly health care usage costs you.
But of course that would upset the giant "for profit" apple cart you've built yourselves. It would also be a blow to the ego of the notion that capitalism is always superior to the evil *gasp*
socialism, a term most Americans I know revile. (Baddog I have you in mind here buddy)
It's not that you "can't do that" per se, it's more that America simply WON'T do that. As in it will never happen. I know and accept this. But this conversation will be had numerous times ad nauseum in the future, because some Americans will never stop with the "what about the taxes?" argument whenever someone has the tumerity to suggest that Canada has a better sytem than the good ol US of A.