Does the government just create it out of thin air or does someone have to pay for it? Who? Can we make the Iraqis pay for it? No? Well then who?
You mean US?
But isn't that what we're doing now????
So why would that be better?
Oh, because the government could potentially, through economies of scale, produce it more efficiently?
Well two questions, (1) how come that rarely happens - is that because of the absence of competition? and (2) in order to achieve these economies of scale, wouldn't that mean less variety, hence less choice?
The government could provide us all with FOOD, in theory slightly more cheaply than the economy does now. But that would require that we all eat the same food tonight.
What if you want Mexican, I want Chinese, and someone else wants Italian? At least two of us are SOL....
But healthcare is more important? Right! So that's even MORE reason not to create a government monopoly!
2007-09-23
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