For those who want to scare off any National Health Care Plan with the old "Socialism" scare tactic. Get real. Our government has had socialistic type policies since almost the very first. I could write a chapter on this subject. Best example, highways. Do you really think that public highways are funded from gasoline taxes! Public transport is provided by taxes and largely from the federal funds which we pay into. The old argument that "health care should be privately funded, a person should get the health care plan they can afford" is stupid. I drive lots of thousands of miles a year, in one of my many vehicles. My grandma drives about 100 miles a year on those same taxpayer paid for roads. Is she getting her tax dollars worth. NO. It it in the best interest of the general public to have good roads, regardless of your own personal usuage. ABSOLUTELY. National Health Care is good for the country, in general. Increased productivity, increased ability to compete with ALL the other first world countries who have health care. (ONE EXAMPLE. Japan is killing us on car prices. One reason why. They can charge less for their cars because they don't have to pay their workers helath care, which is up to 22% of GMs car price for labor.)
P.S. thanks for opening this site back up. I'll promise to be civil. And congrats to all those before me who have also been civil. We trumpet people are the best example of tolerant I have seen in a long time!
