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To: george wythe
On trips to England I have used the National Health Service. I am not for socialized medicine but have to say about countries like Britain and Japan: At least they get something back for all the taxes they pay!

We Americans get nothing, plus our state-of-the-art defense systems can't even stop the occasional ragtag terrorist cell armed with box cutters, except to make air travel even more miserable for us.

30 posted on 12/08/2003 10:55:13 AM PST by Middle Man
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To: Middle Man
We Americans get nothing, plus our state-of-the-art defense systems can't even stop the occasional ragtag terrorist cell armed with box cutters, except to make air travel even more miserable for us.

Well, I don't agree that we "get nothing" but I do agree about the state of the art-defenses not stopping the terrorists. What's really bizarre is that after the security checks and intel failed, the first thing the did was disarm the one thing that did work.

31 posted on 12/08/2003 10:59:12 AM PST by tacticalogic (Controlled application of force is the sincerest form of communication.)
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