The proposed health care bill thread (merged)

Torvald Von Mansee · 03-01-10, 03:53 PM

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Originally Posted by SteamWake

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/...all-time-high/

This is a reaction to my link...er...how?

Aramike · 03-01-10, 03:55 PM

http://www.answers.com/topic/health-care

AVGWarhawk · 03-01-10, 03:57 PM

My guess that folks will be looking to depend on the goverment for health care now.

Torvald Von Mansee · 03-01-10, 05:14 PM

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Originally Posted by AVGWarhawk

My guess that folks will be looking to depend on the goverment for health care now.

Just about every experience I've had w/a major corporation has been negative in some way (anecdotal, I know). I'd say you have far less input on how a corporation is run than the government.

August · 03-01-10, 05:16 PM

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Originally Posted by Torvald Von Mansee

Just about every experience I've had w/a major corporation has been negative in some way (anecdotal, I know). I'd say you have far less input on how a corporation is run than the government.

At least you can bring suit against a corporation without asking it's permission first...

krashkart · 03-01-10, 06:22 PM

*decides to stay out of this one as well...*

Aramike · 03-01-10, 06:54 PM

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Originally Posted by Torvald Von Mansee

Just about every experience I've had w/a major corporation has been negative in some way (anecdotal, I know). I'd say you have far less input on how a corporation is run than the government.

Why do you say that?

Besides, isn't that circular logic? Government regulates corporations, and you suggest that you have control over government. Ergo, why not allow the regulation of government to combine with the efficiency of a corporation?

Ishmael · 03-02-10, 12:45 AM

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Originally Posted by Aramike

Why do you say that?

Besides, isn't that circular logic? Government regulates corporations, and you suggest that you have control over government. Ergo, why not allow the regulation of government to combine with the efficiency of a corporation?

That might be true if government actually regulated corporations. But over the past 30 years at least, Less regulation has translated to emasculation of the very laws and mechanisms designed to ensure corporations obeyed the law. Now we have corporations effectively regulating themselves, which is no regulation at all.

As for combining government regulation with corporate efficiency, there is an alternate definition of the convergence of governmental and corporate power. Benito Mussolini called it Fascism.

Kaye T. Bai · 03-02-10, 05:59 AM

In before the sh*t storm.

Onkel Neal · 03-02-10, 08:44 AM

http://money.cnn.com/2010/03/02/news...dex.htm?hpt=T1

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