On Healthcare in the U.S.

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Originally Posted by El Blanco

What in the world makes you think the government would get the job done cheaper? Have you ever seen government contracts vs private contracts? Especially construction jobs. What fantasy world do you live?

Just what I said. The government has no incentive to make a profit, only to break even. If it attempted to make a profit, that would be called corruption. It wouldn't actually be cheaper to provide the healthcare in and of itself - it would just cost the citizen less.

And how is making my tax dollars pay for your smoking induced heart disease fair?

That isn't fair, but what you have to understand is that somethings are unpreventable. NO system is perfect. I just think this one is slightly better on a purely practical stance. If I told you that you would still have to pay less for yourself, would you really care if some of your money went to that man?

Personally, I think that tobacco should be replaced with marijuana in terms of industry and legality. But I'm not even going to get in to that...