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<blockquote data-quote="59 Dano" data-source="post: 3077959" data-attributes="member: 23516">I&#039;m not asking to defund much of anything (though I&#039;m for it), just to stop adding to the pile.&nbsp; Though if you want to be honest about it, the shift toward a more nationalized education system has been a terrible disaster.&nbsp; Why do the same thing to healthcare?The idea that a nationalized (or quasi-nationalized) service provides a greater benefit at a lower cost is highly dubious because it assumes perfect operating conditions.&nbsp; For example, all people are concerned with living healthy lives; they make proper use of preventive care options; they exercise regularly and maintain fairly clean diets; they make wise, informed choices about their health and wellbeing; their healthcare and lifestyle decisions are made with long-term benefits in mind.&nbsp; Then you head out to the Kwik Pik and you&#039;re behind some fat hag in pajama pants who smells like an ashtray and she&#039;s buying 2 Monster energy drinks and some Twinkies as she yells at Junior to hurry up with her 64 oz Mountain Dew fountain drink.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="59 Dano, post: 3077959, member: 23516"] I'm not asking to defund much of anything (though I'm for it), just to stop adding to the pile. Though if you want to be honest about it, the shift toward a more nationalized education system has been a terrible disaster. Why do the same thing to healthcare? The idea that a nationalized (or quasi-nationalized) service provides a greater benefit at a lower cost is highly dubious because it assumes perfect operating conditions. For example, all people are concerned with living healthy lives; they make proper use of preventive care options; they exercise regularly and maintain fairly clean diets; they make wise, informed choices about their health and wellbeing; their healthcare and lifestyle decisions are made with long-term benefits in mind. Then you head out to the Kwik Pik and you're behind some fat hag in pajama pants who smells like an ashtray and she's buying 2 Monster energy drinks and some Twinkies as she yells at Junior to hurry up with her 64 oz Mountain Dew fountain drink. [/QUOTE]

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