On Mon, 21 May 2007 04:28:33 +0000, Maxprop wrote:


So you propose so-called "universal health care." Since Hugo Chavez
isn't our leader, and we don't have his oil money to finance this
socialist health care agenda, someone will have to pay for it. Of
course business will be footing the bill (and probably the middle class,
as usual). Hillary's plan in the early 90s assumed that most business
would be paying more in taxes to cover "universal health care" than they
were paying for covering their employees under their current plans.
Wow, that makes a lot of sense.

Who do you think is financing our health care now? That's right
business. Our health care system is running upwards of 15% GDP. Other
countries with "universal health care" pay around 10% GDP, or less. It
seems to me, that 5% is quite a disadvantage in the global market place.
It's no wonder our car companies are expanding their operations in
Canada, where there is "universal health care", at the same time they are
closing plants here.

"Failing to address the health care crisis would be the worst kind of
procrastination, the kind that places our children and our grandchildren
at risk and threatens the health and global competitiveness of our
nation's economy." That wasn't Chavez speaking. That was the CEO of
General Motors.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn...2005Feb10.html