Oh, the elite here in America will “do it right” because they are so much better than anyone who has tried it before.
Besides, we’re not implementing a FULL socialist healthcare system - just a “public option” to “compete” with the private sector.
The above is EXACTLY what you’ll get if you try to point out these failings to a sheep leftist.
Same “argument” occurs when you point out the failings of socialism in any application. The sheep say that “we’re not going that far, just a little bit of socialism is OK”.
The problem, of course, is that they CAN’T and WON’T stop at “a little bit of socialism”. (read “Road to Serfdom”)
I always enjoy this lib argument. Bush was called arrogant, but our libs think they are smarter than every other liberal that implemented government healthcare.
The problem is: no matter where you start or how “smart” you are going in, the decision parameters and ultimate decisions are the same the world over. You cannot avoid achieving the same level of “care” as everyone else.
I took over an organzation, once, that was heading in the wrong direction by about 180 degrees (a technical group that promoted on “teamwork” not on technical skill— kind of like socialism). When I analyzed how they had arrived there over a 10 year period, I found it was a series of rather small decisions- each one moved them a degree or two further away from the path they should have been on. They didn’t even see how it happened, because each individual decision was made “for the right reasons.” Although it was stressfull and took 2 years, we got the group headed the right direction again, and it became the recognized technical leader it should have always been....
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