Geez, Larry you're right. I don't know why I didn't see it before.
Cuba was turning out hand-rolled cigars when Colombus landed. Look at all the progress they've made in 510 years.
Therefore we should emulate them in all things.
I just don't understand how I could be so dense.
Neither do I. I recommend that we emulate them in things they do right - not in all things.
I see an America populated with an increasing percentage of fat kids. You don't.
I see an America less able to deliver health care to most of its people than it was 10 years ago. You don't.
A strictly market approach renders the argument moot. I'll look for answers to the problems I see. If I'm correct I'll make a fortune and you won't. If I'm wrong perhaps you'll buy me a cup of coffee.
A word about the connection between longevity, health care, and obesity. Most of the advances in average longevity are due to advances in child care, basic sanitation, and freedom from starvation - not to the superiority of our health-care system over others or to the presence or absence of obesity. I thought to demonstrate this with a chart showing average life-span by country (and in particular showing lifespan in Cuba which I'm told is equal to ours) but I was unable to come up with it in the time I have to spare.