[MD] Down the road of mediocrity

[pholden at davtv.com]

Quoting Arlo Bensinger <ajb102 at psu.edu>:

> [Arlo]
> Let me ask you a personal question, Platt. As one who has seen 
> tragedy in his own life. Had you not been able to afford to health 
> insurance, would you have actively argued against your daughter 
> receiving medical care because you didn't want to "take advantage of 
> others"? I can tell you this, had that been the case, I would have 
> been outright happy to know my tax dollars may have helped in even 
> the slightest way.

I wouldn't have had a child if I couldn't afford to take care of her.

> [Platt]
> So what? Waste, inefficiency, and bloated bureaucracies while people 
> die waiting to get treated and you say "So what?"
> 
> [Arlo]
> Again, problems in the system, sure. Replace it with one where the 
> rich get care and the poor are left untreated? Not a chance. Who 
> lives and who dies is not something the "market" should decide.

Wait 18 weeks for an operation like in Briton? You call that a great
system? Thanks, but no thanks.

> [Platt]
> Yes, let's all have no shame for being leeches on the backs of those 
> who work. "Animal Farm" anyone?
> 
> [Arlo]
> Again, there is nothing shameful about being downtrodden. Rather than 
> wanting to humiliate them, we should work to improve the employment 
> and income potentials where they live, and provide retraining and 
> adult education. Rather than spit on the "lazy, worthless poor", we 
> should take a lesson from the man whom the conservatives pretend to 
> admire and help them instead.

The capitalist system provides ample opportunity to anyone willing to stay in
school and then stay on the job. Who is this man conservatives pretend
to admire that believes in hand outs? 



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