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Originally Posted by aceventura3
Wrong. Views based on my study of history and economics. I don't pretend to be an expert, and my views do change occasionally. There is a positive role for government, but our current federal government is too big, growing to fast and too big a portion of our overall economy.
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Here's the basis for my confusion. What I snipped above seems more like soundbite than reasons. You don't need to produce a massive document ala host, but I really think it would be helpful for you to summarize what you base this belief on. I'm trying to find a way to jump aboard with your ideas, but just repeating privatization over nationalisation doesn't help me get any closer to you.
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Originally Posted by aceventura3
Medical innovation is more than pharmaceutical companies. R&D is the cornerstone of the quality of healthcare. Most RD in healthcare is financed in the good old USA by private companies. The world benefits from our R&D, but who pays the price? People in the US who have private insurance, those who pay full "retail" prices for medical care, and US tax payers. It is not fair is it?
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You've confused me here - I'm really not sure how topical this is. I've taken "public healthcare" to mean that health insurance is nationalized. There should still be pharmaceutical companies, there would still be doctors, and there would still be companies doing R&D on things like artificial joints, etc... There's still a profit motive for those guys because they want their artificial knee to be used more often than the other company's artificial knee - sort of like defense companies still compete for profit from government contracts. Do you also oppose public defense?
In fact, if your mantra of private over public is really the sum total of your feelings on these issues, I'd like to know if you have any reason (other than safety) that law enforcement and military matters shouldn't be handled by private companies... Prepare the way for the Acme Naval Force! I'm only bringing this absurd question up to prompt you to give me more basis for your (obviously strong) opinion that private management is synonymous with efficient operation.