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Market forces

Market forces are like laws of physics. Pretending they don't exist will get you in a lot of trouble.

Notice this graph. It's in constant dollars. What does it tell you?

http://www.fcpp.org/images/publications/govt_healthcare_spending_graph.gif


For the record, the population of Canada in 1991 was 27.3 million. The current population is something over 31 million, an increase of about 14 percent.

A good or service perceived as being without cost to the consumer will be consumed in excess. That you cannot provide everyone all the free health care they want isn't an opinion, it's a fact.

The end result will either be economic collapse or rationing. Most nations will choose the latter.

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