Re: OT : so this is what our troops are dying for in Afghanistan !



Jim Thompson wrote:

On Thu, 17 Aug 2006 10:03:26 -0700, John Larkin
<jjlarkin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

On 17 Aug 2006 16:55:03 +0200, David Brown
<david@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Jim Thompson wrote:
On 17 Aug 2006 13:19:19 +0200, David Brown
<david@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

[snip]
All things in moderation - that's all I'm really saying. Profits are
fine - "excessive" profits are not.

Who gets to decide the definition of "excessive"?

Authorities answerable to the people (i.e., someone voted into office),
I suppose. Lines are never easy to draw, and I don't have any good
ideas what the should be. But that doesn't mean there should be no
lines at all.

As you have said, economies that
are not capitalist based are not nearly as successful or happy for their
people (although they can as good or better in some ways - compare
Cuba's health system with the USA's).
[snip]

You spend too much time reading questionable media sources, rather
than having ANY first-hand knowledge.

Wonder why it is that every Cuban that can manage escapes to Florida?
It's not wealthy people, it's the poor.

Since when does health care equate to quality of life? It's part of it,
to be sure, but I was (as I said) only picking a single example. The
average health care in America is of similar standard to that in Cuba,
despite costing around 20 times as much

But we pay our doctors and nurses at least 20x as much. Hell, we pay
everybody 20x as much.

John

But John, You REALLY do appreciate that EVERYTHING outside of the US
is better ;-)

Barf!

The only major problem with US healthcare is the damn *cost* of it !

Hey Jim, how do can anyone defend US practice in restricting imported drugs
cheaper than available on your home market even say just from over the border in
Canada ? As in it's the same product in likely the same packaging.You're so free
aren't you ??? :-p

Graham

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