Ray From Cleveland
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What works in some places might not work here. What may work here might not work in other places.
It all looks good on paper, but in practice, it just isn't the right way to go. You can't read the positives about a program or policy without looking at the ramifications.
Key word is might. Not an absolute. Adopt it and make it better. It's worth a shot.
No it is not. Once you invent a new freebie, it's virtually impossible to get rid of.
It's what I call my Ray in Cleveland's raccoon theory:
You see a raccoon digging in a garbage can and decide to give him a nice meaty ham bone. The animal eats in delight knowing you gave him the bone. Now try taking it away from him and see what happens to you.
Of course the animal would not have starved to death without your gift, he would have found a different source of food.
Democrats are well aware of my raccoon theory although they might think of it in different ways, but they understand that no politician wants to get their hand bit up right or left.
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Yes it is worth a shot, especially if formal think tanks and academic researchers rank our systems behind other world systems. It's time to catch up and join the rest of the civilized world, in which it isn't a freebie if it's publicly funded.
If you're talking about healthcare, the only reason we are behind others is because not everybody is covered. As for quality, people come here from all over the world to get our quality of care.
I'm a patient at the Cleveland Clinic. Let me tell you, when you walk into the Clinic, you feel like the foreigner. I
There is a trade off when you go to socialized healthcare. We pay the most but we also get the most.
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I can also provide a source which doesn't portray our system favorably versus others.
My impression is that if it was up to some people on here, there would be:
No unions
No Social Security
No Medicare
No Medicaid
No protection for pre-existing conditions
No consumer protection
No environmental protection
Complete deregulations
No welfare/social programs/safety
An increase to an already bloated defense budget and caving in the the military industrial complex.
I'm just thankful those aren't in charge.
Thankful? Now take a look at your list and tell me we're not too dependent on the federal government.