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Gould 0738
 
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Default OT- Ode to Immigration

Seems to me to be nothing more than a lot of opinion presented as facts. ;-)

The facts that we rank no higher than 20th in infant survival (no smart remarks
about abortion), that our kids are only slightly better immunized than those in
Botswana, and that life expectancy for both men and women is lower here than in
most industrialized nations aren't "opinions." but rather statistics.

We do have the finest health care money can buy, if you are in the decreasing
percentage of the population with money enough to buy it. But why not? Why
shouldn't the average cough-and-sniffles pediatrician haul in $250,000 salary a
year
and actual "miracle workers" (oncologists, brain surgeons, etc) over 7-figures?
Our system is becoming one of the super-elite catering to the super-elite. It's
the middle class that gets screwed the worst- the dirt poor will be taken care
of by the state, the very rich get decent health care as a company perk, and
the middle class guy earning $1250 a week is hammered for 20% of his pre-tax
income to pay for a family's health insurance.