Now That The Dust Has Settled From The Healthcare Debate

[PanzerJaeger]

Not following you, are you saying that the US is poorer than all scandinavian countries? I mean the point with universial healthcare is that everyone, no matter how poor, is having access to decent healthcare.

There will be a greater percentage of people taking from the system without contributing than in most European countries.

So, in conclusion, I don't mind paying via my taxes for everybody else to have the same "coverage" as me.

Fair enough. The real question, though, is whether you support turning the United States in to the kind of cradle-to-grave welfare state that most European countries have become, with debt levels greater than Greece and government as big and intrusive as Britain. Further, do you support burdening your children and grandchildren with the crushing weight of massive unfunded entitlements and the economic drag that comes with VAT and other taxes that must be imposed to pay for them, especially considering the rise of China and the other BRIC nations? Do you want them to grow up accustomed to a far greater level of dependence on the government than you did?

(Those questions weren't rhetorical. You may be perfectly happy with the path we're on.)