Originally posted by strk
The difference is the profits taken by the insurance companies
so lessee - do we want the insurance companies to make millions or health care coverage for every child, man and woman. no brainer. I hate insurance companies
Ah, I see now. Under a DEMOCRATIC plan, there would be no profit for insurance companies. NO waste, no stupidity, no fraud no "favor" to "big business cronies. It's only Republican lawmakers that do that stuff. Gotcha.
I guess this is because saintly Democratic politicians are immune from the lobbyists and always put what's really best for the nation ahead of their personal interests.
Thanks, now I understand.
As for the schools, I think you missed one of Lazs basic points. I guess if you throw enough money at something you can get some sort of results. We all probably agree on that.
But there's nothing you can name that the national government does that is truly an efficient use of money. That's just the way it works. Get "big government" involved and there's no true urge to economize. They've got an unending source of income and they know it. So they just don't care. Boston's "big dig" comes to mind.
Now, OTOH, allow Private Enterprise to handle it, inject the profit motive and the risk of LOSING money and you almost always get a better product.
Crossing an idea from another thread; The search for a workable hydrogen fueled car engine. Which do you think would give us a workable hydrogen engine faster: A $500 billion Federal Government research program or offering a $250 billion prize (tax free of course.. threw that in to stoke your sense of unfairness and outrage) to the first company to meet the standards?
