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Old June 14th, 2009 #11
Mike Parker
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Originally Posted by Alex Linder View Post
I also said it has been demonstrated in very many specific instances that the market works better than government.
Yes, just not those instances discussed in the article, which is entirely speculative. (Libertarianism is strongly anti-empirical like other Jewish intellectual movements.) How do we know people will choose those who can actually heal them, and not witch doctors and snake oil salesman? We do know white folk can be pretty gullible. And when the author raises the mantra of privatization, there is general experience, and I'll be generous and call it mixed.

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The government is remarkably like the jew in that the farther you dig into why something is so #@$^#$^#$^ expensive, you find the cause is some stupid rule or regulation.
The main reason why health care is so expensive is the very fact of widespread insurance (partly caused by the tax code). But rather than restrict that directly, the author seeks to deregulate it entirely and drugs as well. That naturally raises the matter of the libertarian's motives. Is he really interested in what's good for consumers, or in ways the insurance and drug companies can make even more profits for the benefit of financial speculators?