[MD] Down the road of mediocrity

[pholden at davtv.com]

Quoting Case <Case at iSpots.com>:

> [Platt]
> I wonder how any of us survived before welfare.
> 
> [Case]
> Many did.
> 
> > [Case]
> > And if they are not, what then? Tough luck little Janey, better luck in 
> > the next cycle of rebirth?
> 
> [Platt]
> I wonder how any of us survived before welfare.
> 
> [Case]
> Many didn't.

What's your source?

> [Platt]
> I do not acknowledge the right of "We the People" to redistribute private
> income, jail dissenters or murder those because of their race or ethnicity.
> 
> [Case]
> Without government wealth would be redistributed on the basis of raw force.
> Redistribution of wealth is what governments do, all governments.

Raw force? How so?

> So if someone advocates overthrowing the government they should not be
> jailed? 

Non sequitur.

> [Platt]
> I'm saying our health system is better than most foreign health systems. The
> evidence is the number of people with serious illnesses who come to the U.S.
> for treatment. 
> 
> [Case]
> This is from a 2000 report from the world health organization:
> 
> "The U. S. health system spends a higher portion of its gross domestic
> product than any other country but ranks 37 out of 191 countries according
> to its performance, the report finds. The United Kingdom, which spends just
> six percent of gross domestic product (GDP) on health services, ranks 18th."
> 
> But you know how statistics are... better to trust your gut feels right?

Guess you haven't been reading the British reports about the NHS I've referred to.
As for UN reports -- laughable. Or the fact that those who can come to the U.S.
for medical treatment.  


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