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Old 10-18-2008, 12:49 AM
 
Location: Missouri, USA
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You have shown no fact little one. Oh well, this is what is wrong with this country. People these days have little to no real education and have been socially graduated.
Did you read my previous post?
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Old 10-18-2008, 12:50 AM
 
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OH sure,, let talk about france and their 51% tax
Did you miss the data? France spend 10% of their GDP on healthcare and covers everyone. They have the top ranked system in the World.

The US spends 15%, does not cover everyone by a long shot, and is ranked #37 next to Cuba and Slovenia and Costa Rica.

France spends less on healthcare per capita than we do.
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Old 10-18-2008, 12:51 AM
 
Location: Victoria, BC.
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And I will say this, I do not believe you. I have friends all over the world because of my business and I know many who come here just for what I said. Your post is only one of the many that show ignorance.
Whatever....So why do I not know any? I would say that you are blowing smoke at the very least.
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Old 10-18-2008, 12:51 AM
 
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I'd like to see where those western European systems are in 8 to 10 years when their boomers retire affecting tax revenue while increasing the number of those who are using government services.
They've had univeral healthcare for Decades. They don't have "boomers" cause they don't go off on needless wars....LOL
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Old 10-18-2008, 12:53 AM
 
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Most kids are healthy. The percentage of unhealthy kids is small.

Some have medical problems. That usually is already paid for, in part, through my income tax.

To say that my tax money should encompass a very healthy child that likes to skateboard and catch frogs, is ridiculous.

I don't care how Barack wants to sell it, in the end I will pay more taxes. I don't even have kids.

Tell your kids to eat fruit ( through some Barack social program ) and they will be just fine.
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Old 10-18-2008, 12:53 AM
 
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Universal health care began in Canada in 1946...That kind of blows your argument out of the water.


And their boomers? Was that when the Canadian Hockey team came back from their European tour??? .LOL
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Old 10-18-2008, 12:53 AM
 
Location: Missouri, USA
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Universal health care began in Canada in 1946...That kind of blows your argument out of the water.
Also, the post Second-World-War baby boom was pronounced in Denmark, Sweden, the United Kingdom, The Netherlands, France, and Switzerland.

That leaves Germany, Iceland, Finland, Ireland, and Norway on the list from Europe. There's also Japan.
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Old 10-18-2008, 12:54 AM
 
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Whatever....So why do I not know any? I would say that you are blowing smoke at the very least.
I was hoping to see the research that he does much better than anyone on CD due to his superior capitalistic education..
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Old 10-18-2008, 12:55 AM
 
Location: Victoria, BC.
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OH sure,, let talk about france and their 51% tax
More BS...The top income tax rate in France is 40%.

New French tax rates and rules for 2008 from FrenchEntrée.com (http://www.frenchentree.com/fe-legal/DisplayArticle.asp?ID=711 - broken link)
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Old 10-18-2008, 12:55 AM
 
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Most kids are healthy. The percentage of unhealthy kids is small.

Some have medical problems. That usually is already paid for, in part, through my income tax.

To say that my tax money should encompass a very healthy child that likes to skateboard and catch frogs, is ridiculous.

I don't care how Barack wants to sell it, in the end I will pay more taxes. I don't even have kids.

Tell your kids to eat fruit ( through some Barack social program ) they will be just fine.

Hey your entitled to your opinions. That's why we vote. Most Americans want Universal healthcare.

Oct. 20— Americans express broad, and in some cases growing, discontent with the U.S. health care system, based on its costs, structure and direction alike — fueling cautious support for a government-run, taxpayer-funded universal health system modeled on Medicare.

In an extensive ABCNEWS/Washington Post poll, Americans by a 2-1 margin, 62-32 percent, prefer a universal health insurance program over the current employer-based system. That support, however, is conditional: It falls to fewer than four in 10 if it means a limited choice of doctors, or waiting lists for non-emergency treatments.

Support for change is based largely on unease with the current system's costs. Seventy-eight percent are dissatisfied with the cost of the nation's health care system, including 54 percent "very" dissatisfied.

Indeed, most Americans, or 54 percent, are now dissatisfied with the overall quality of health care in the United States — the first majority in three polls since 1993, and up 10 points since 2000.
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