Universal health care hardly a kiss of death
In 1957 I won an all-expense-paid trip to West Germany courtesy of the U.S. government. I was a platoon leader with the 1st Armored Cavalry, stationed in a small town near the Fulda Gap.
During my tour of duty, one of my fellow officers married a Swedish girl. The bride’s family had a smorgasbord party for all the junior officers in the battalion. Naturally, the topic of discussion (for those who remained fairly sober) was the groom’s attractive bride, and that socialism would certainly bankrupt Sweden. That was 50 years ago, and Sweden is hardly in decline.
If you listen to the windbags on talk radio, you know that national health care (socialized medicine), Democrats and liberals are all synonymous. All of the modern industrialized economies of the world have some form of universal health care.
If we use Limbaugh’s logic, all of the modern nations on this planet are going to go bankrupt! However, we have nothing to fear because the largest communist country in the world is our No. 1 trading partner.
Uh-oh! Doesn’t China also have universal health care?
Bruce McCreedy
Greensboro
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"If we use Limbaugh’s logic...."
That's a laugh! Limbaugh and logic used together?
Rush is a comedian, a political infotainer for those who cannot think for themselves.
Ever hear the "pre-screened callers" refer to themselves as "ditto heads"?
There is a reason for that.
Posted on May 1, 2008 7:51 PM