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Yes, I'm saying our government - purportedly of the people, for the people and by the people - should fund all medical research, all highways and biways, all assurces of clean water, clean air, and safe food. For starters.
Funny how it does most of the things on that list - not all of them too well - - but I don't hear anybody moaning that the interstate highway system should have been done better for profit, or that safe drinking water and food should be better handled by for-profit corporations.
So why is it that medical health, arguable less important to our health than basic clean water and safe food, can only be successfully handled by private finance? - - and not "socialized" like highways or food safety.
Why is it that no one smears food safety with the derrogatory term "socialist," but some folks don't hesitate to apply that term to any suggestion that health care should also come under the same pervue???
oh my, how totally derailed.
Um, I think this whole thing should come up for a vote.
On September 11th.
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