What the hell is wrong with you amaricans!

The question isn’t what I think, but what the majority of Americans think. Personally I would love it if everyone were entitled to free healthcare, especially when it comes to life-threatening diseases. However, most of America does not seem to agree with my beliefs. They’re just concerned with how much $$ will be coming out of their pockets. And in a capitalistic society, this idea will persist, until someone can come up with a radical new set of ideals. Anybody up for suggestions?

On 2002-05-27 15:52, Xi wrote:

On 2002-05-16 14:14, HortenFlyingWing wrote:
crime goes down with concealed? can i read that somewhere?

HFW, try mynra.com
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“I’m a material girl.” - Name dat millionairess

Then let’s all carry concealed weapons!

On 2002-05-30 20:00, Yanny wrote:
Americans do not realise that, in the modern World, a country either needs High Taxes, or very low Taxes. A Mid Tax range isn’t the way to go.

We need switzerland taxes!

On 2002-06-01 23:00, FinsterniS wrote:

A huge problem with Healthcare is the insane cost to maintain.

So we only heal the rich ? We only give healcare to those who can afford them ?

The question is if the average middle class citizen can get better healthcare from a company or through the govenrment…

I’m no fan of inefficient beuracracies. (excuse my spelling)

Anybody up for suggestions?

doctors are looked up to too highly…if people thought they were scumbags like automotive technicians, the cost of healthcare would go down. I have a friend, whose both parents are doctors, and thought it was an outrage to conduct a test for $100, where a machine did all the work…

i guess something has to pay for the med school and mercedes lease payments!

“doctors are looked up to too highly…”

I guess you’re right. Nobody wants to play “God.” The only problem is that if you’re inflicted with a life threatening illness, don’t you want, in a sense, for the doctor operating on you to be some sort of “God.”

PS Medical cost need to go down! Do you know how much a ride in the ambulance is? Ridiculous!

You have to pay for a ride in a ambulance?!?
Holy!

Oh my, evidently you haven’t seen the medical cost they charge you for it :smile:

Keep in mind, it’s A LOT MORE than the simple gas fee.

Heh heh, yeah at my friend’s house I was drunk and I was in the kitchen looking for the light switch, right? Then I fell over and busted my head open (got 6 stitches later) and my friend’s mom called the hospital and she was goin nuts, because they wouldn’t give me an ambulance ride unless I was unconscious, and we didn’t have a car there. (eventually, had to call my mom and stepdad and THEY drove me to the hospital)

Well when I live in a system where I’m suppose to “only look out for number 1,” what do you expect?

HFW,
It’s a choice afforded us by the second ammendment.
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“What’s a mend mint?” - Xi

Chris,
Your ambulance episode indictes a local thing. Here they’ll take you for any reason… a hangnail even.

“The best defense is a great lawyer.” - Xi

Well the ambulances we have here are just terrible! They’ll stop by at the drive-through of local McDonalds while someone is inside with a heart attack! Then there are other reports of flashing their lights and sirens just so they can afford traffic during off time.

On 2002-06-04 15:37, TG Moses VI wrote:
Well when I live in a system where I’m suppose to “only look out for number 1,” what do you expect?

Moses it is not the system, but society. in communism, people still look for #1…

Right… why only look out for what’s yours, when we can move forward together? Why rob somebody when there is enough products for everyone?

you want a greedless society.

that just won’t happen!

I’m sure I responded to this before…

Your replies are that a communist society wouldn’t breed that greed.

i beg to differ.

No, but it reduces greed to a minimum because there isn’t a need for it.