BCITORGB wrote:

Weiser says:
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My point is that down here in the US, we believe in personal
responsibility.
Your medical problems are your medical problems and are not the problem
of taxpayers.
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And, of course, that is your decision to make. Most other western
nations take the view that the health of their citizens is likely
(along with their education) their most valuable resource (of strategic
national import). Without a smart, healthy, populace, a nation can't
compete in economic (or military) battles.

Considering the widespread use of prescription drugs with amounts that
are staggering by most western nation's standards, the high percentage
of overweight and obese people, it seems that the population is a lot
less healthy than that of most other western nations, despite the
enormous amounts spent on health care in the U.S..

Since health care spending in the U.S. towers over that of other western
countries with a much older population, and the health of the average
U.S. citizen isn't equal to or better than those in other western
nations, it seems obvious that the system doesn't work all that well.
Increased health care spending obviously doesn't equate improved public
health.

Wilko

P.S. I'm still laughing because of the image of a bunch of fat, out of
shape middle aged men with shotguns, pistols and hunting rifles trying
to take on well trained troops with fully automatic weapons, grenade
lauchers, tanks, helicopter gunships and all kinds of sophisticated
weaponry bought with the tax that those old men paid.

Not only would the U.S. version of the secret police probably pick up
most of them before they could fire a shot, but half of them would
probably die of heart attacks if they had to run 100 yards to cover.

Nah, I don't see that citizen uprising with privately owned weapons
happen... ever! :-)

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Wilko van den Bergh wilko(a t)dse(d o t)nl
Eindhoven The Netherlands Europe
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