So you want "free" healthcare...

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So you want "free" healthcare...

Lee — 7/3/2007 1:42:25 AM (archived)

But you don't want to live in Canada because it's expensive. Golly Gee!!! Did it ever occur to you WHY things are so expensive??? Maybe your blessed "free" healthcare and other socialist wet dreams aren't so free after all.

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Michael Moore Goes to Washington - Lindy - 6/30/2007 2:57:34 PM
- Socialized Healthcare for all will destroy the incintive to work for millions of baby boomers - TAFKASE - 7/11/2007 3:41:07 PM
  - The key point in the above link... - TAFKASE - 7/11/2007 3:43:40 PM
    - And you're implying... - azstrummer - 7/11/2007 6:52:46 PM
      - Reagan's plan wasn't "to put people to work" - TAFKASE - 7/12/2007 9:07:04 PM
- Review of reviews of the film - azstrummer - 7/10/2007 2:55:15 PM
  - Michael Moore rips Wolf Blitzer !! - Lindy - 7/10/2007 6:07:46 PM
    - re: Michael Moore rips Wolf Blitzer !! - azstrummer - 7/10/2007 6:54:02 PM
      - It's over on Flame already - Lindy - 7/10/2007 8:06:57 PM
  - Stupid links - azstrummer - 7/10/2007 2:57:04 PM
- Americans report their own health experiences on BBC website - Daniel - 7/7/2007 5:50:07 PM
  - (Well ...) - Daniel - 7/7/2007 5:55:39 PM
    - The problem with anecdotal evidence - TB - 7/7/2007 7:00:38 PM
      - re: The problem with anecdotal evidence - Eri - 7/8/2007 10:04:11 PM
        
        What you both missed - Lindy - 7/8/2007 11:47:29 PM
        
        I didn't miss that - Eri - 7/9/2007 4:02:21 AM
        
        What everyone missed - TB - 7/9/2007 3:31:29 AM
        
        "I bought extra insurance before I went to Europe,..." - Lindy - 7/9/2007 4:56:22 AM
      - re: "The problem with anecdotal evidence" - Lindy - 7/8/2007 4:07:54 AM
        
        re: "The problem with anecdotal evidence" - TB - 7/8/2007 5:17:16 AM
      - re: The problem with anecdotal evidence - Daniel - 7/7/2007 7:37:08 PM
        
        re: The problem with anecdotal evidence - TB - 7/7/2007 9:41:32 PM
      - That said, here's an anecdote. - TB - 7/7/2007 7:08:58 PM
      - Ewww...check out that first sentence in my post - TB - 7/7/2007 7:02:03 PM
- Took my sons last night - azstrummer - 7/2/2007 9:45:26 PM
  - the canadian system will collapse if the USA ever adopts a full single payor system. - TAFKASE - 7/3/2007 1:58:28 PM
    - re: the canadian system will collapse if the USA ever adopts a full single payor system. - Lindy - 7/3/2007 4:04:12 PM
      - Some notes on health care - TB - 7/3/2007 11:31:07 PM
        
        Wouldn't work. - TAFKASE - 7/6/2007 9:08:54 PM
        
        It's the only way it can work. - TB - 7/7/2007 6:45:33 AM
        
        I think the 1000 pound Gorilla in the room is the Baby boomers who will leave the workforce. - TAFKASE - 7/11/2007 3:28:53 PM
        
        re: I think the 1000 pound Gorilla in the room is the Baby boomers who will leave the workforce. - azstrummer - 7/12/2007 11:06:46 PM
        
        I don't think that will happen. - TB - 7/11/2007 11:14:42 PM
        
        "our local breed of socialist is pretty damn stupid. " - Lindy - 7/11/2007 11:26:06 PM
        
        Oh, come on! - TB - 7/11/2007 11:49:36 PM
        
        re: Some notes on health care - Lindy - 7/4/2007 1:37:44 AM
        
        Interjection - Eri - 7/7/2007 7:25:34 AM
        
        Non-profit health care - TB - 7/7/2007 6:54:51 PM
        
        Adjustments - Eri - 7/8/2007 12:54:50 AM
        
        "funneling tax dollars" - TB - 7/4/2007 5:28:51 AM
  - And who says America's future isn't bright? - Lee - 7/3/2007 1:53:20 AM
    - Liberals are making it even more so...one emigrant at a time. - azstrummer - 7/3/2007 3:05:08 AM
      - Taking Michael Moore's word for anything shows them to be rather dim. - Lee - 7/3/2007 4:07:41 AM
  - "My youngest told me he's going to live in Canada when he moves out of the house." - Lindy - 7/3/2007 12:01:29 AM
    - So you want "free" healthcare... - Lee - 7/3/2007 1:42:25 AM
      - No such thing - azstrummer - 7/3/2007 7:08:47 PM
        
        Then you of all people should know better. - Lee - 7/3/2007 8:42:01 PM
        
        You just made my point - azstrummer - 7/3/2007 10:21:13 PM
        
        I'll remember that the next time you make a typo. - Lee - 7/3/2007 11:04:17 PM
        
        Were it only typos - azstrummer - 7/4/2007 4:47:52 AM
        
        I still can't buy into it. - Lee - 7/4/2007 6:17:51 AM
      - Canada is cold - Lindy - 7/3/2007 2:42:15 AM
        
        Actually Lindy, Cuba may be on to something. - Lee - 7/3/2007 4:11:02 AM
- I saw the movie "SICKO" today - Lindy - 6/30/2007 9:14:31 PM
  - A question for those who've seen the film - McFly - 7/2/2007 1:40:03 AM
    - re: A question for those who've seen the film - azstrummer - 7/3/2007 12:52:18 PM
      - "It's a rigged game...." - Lindy - 7/3/2007 4:07:58 PM
        
        re: "It's a rigged game...." - azstrummer - 7/3/2007 8:37:25 PM
    - re: A question for those who've seen the film - Lindy - 7/2/2007 3:43:16 AM
- I so hope this movie is the kick in the rear Congress needs to finally ACT instead or argue. (n/t) - Eri - 6/30/2007 4:07:11 PM
  - Be careful what you wish for. - TB - 6/30/2007 7:31:50 PM
    - That is just simplistic and not true - Eri - 6/30/2007 11:04:28 PM
    - "Our current health care system ....works" - Lindy - 6/30/2007 9:02:14 PM
      - re: "Our current health care system ....works" - REB - 7/3/2007 4:40:07 PM
      - re: "Our current health care system ....works" - TB - 7/1/2007 5:29:42 AM
        
        re: "Our current health care system ....works" - Lindy - 7/1/2007 9:44:04 PM
        
        You really have no idea what you're talking about. - TB - 7/2/2007 12:36:47 AM
        
        Where did Castro go for his operation again? - Lee - 7/3/2007 1:50:30 AM
        
        Why don't you wait until you see the film? - Lindy - 7/2/2007 4:08:57 AM
        
        Don't bet on it. - azstrummer - 7/3/2007 10:33:18 PM
        
        Where did I do a personal attack in this thread? - REB - 7/9/2007 5:43:04 PM
        
        Let's just try... - azstrummer - 7/9/2007 7:22:24 PM
        
        ?????????? What post are you talking about???? - REB - 7/9/2007 7:30:32 PM
        
        Oops.... - azstrummer - 7/9/2007 7:47:04 PM
        
        No, your confusion runs far deeper than that. (n/t) - Lee - 7/10/2007 5:22:03 AM
        
        re: Oops.... - Lindy - 7/9/2007 8:04:01 PM
        
        Okay. No Problem. - REB - 7/9/2007 7:53:08 PM
        
        Aww, darn... - Fox - 7/10/2007 12:11:28 AM
        
        re: Aww, darn... - REB - 7/10/2007 1:08:20 PM
        
        re: Okay. No Problem. - azstrummer - 7/9/2007 8:28:14 PM
        
        Between you and me - REB - 7/9/2007 8:35:24 PM
        
        Republicans have had 6 years to use "private solutions" - alcaray - 7/1/2007 6:49:44 PM
        
        Right on! - Eri - 7/1/2007 7:31:01 PM
        
        Go see the movie - Lindy - 7/1/2007 8:30:27 PM
        
        Rolling Stone reviews the movie "Sicko" - Lindy - 7/1/2007 10:21:24 PM
        
        You and the reviewer are probably Moore's ideal audience. - TB - 7/2/2007 12:19:15 AM
        
        You won't know this until you see it yourself. (n/t) - Lindy - 7/2/2007 4:14:19 AM
        
        This is probably why we so rarely manage to meet in the middle. - TB - 7/2/2007 5:34:46 AM
        
        Heh - Eri - 7/3/2007 3:10:50 AM
        
        The New Yorker's take on Sicko - ds - 7/2/2007 7:53:59 PM
        
        Are you playing the Devil's Advocate? - Lindy - 7/3/2007 12:23:38 AM
        
        Lindy, the reviewer DID see the movie. - TB - 7/3/2007 1:31:45 AM
        
        re: Lindy, the reviewer DID see the movie. - Lindy - 7/3/2007 2:46:01 AM
        
        You never actually read the New Yorker, do you? (n/t) - TB - 7/3/2007 5:35:23 AM
        
        No, Lindy, I am merely speaking my mind - ds - 7/3/2007 2:37:04 PM
        
        "I am merely speaking my mind" - Lindy - 7/3/2007 4:23:29 PM
        
        As I said about being pushed... - ds - 7/3/2007 5:36:26 PM

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