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This has been explained to you a million times. You're just too stupid to understand.

That's BS and I think you know it. Note what I persistently say: I don't mind reaching into my pocket and do so often. I don't even mind a PUBLICLY FUNDED option. What I mind is not government FUNDING healthcare for the truly needy, but government RUNNING all the health care. Big...

Bullshit. That includes 12 million illegal immigrants, plus people who can afford insurance but choose not to buy it and people who are without insurance for less than 12 months as they switch jobs. The real figure is way lower than 20 million. In a country of 300MM. You want to enslave...

Oh, C'mon. If you have an opposing view then post it and give us your reasons. What you posted is unhelpful. Nobody is going to disagree with ByLoSellHi just because you don't like him.

There are lots of reasons we may have a recession within a recession. Government has clearly been manipulating the markets and manipulation doesn't work in the long run - otherwise the Soviet Union would have been successful. In the 1930's there was a depression within a depression when in...

Not even. The American Nobility in congress are animals more equal than others. The are exempting themselves from this "better" and "cheaper" healthcare they are imposing on us. Even after one term served, they get full pension and health benefits for life. They are EXEMPT FROM INSIDER...

It is an oppressive government. But soon, the choice will be oppressive government that picks your pocket or an oppressive government that doesn't. That's the part you're missing. BTW, you can have a Singapore citizenship and actually LIVE in the Virgin Islands and get taxed as an...

And considering that this is the way it is in every socialized medicine country that has ever run into cost issues. Also, the choice is most important when it comes to specialists - not GPs. That's when the stakes are higher. Don't pay much mind to Thunderpiss. He's team Democrat, so...

Well, I don't like ANY of the politicians you mentioned. What does it say about the Dems that they couldn't pull out a candidate that could beat Bush? I also don't like Bush I. I think choosing him for VP was the biggest mistake Reagan ever made. Everyone but Jeb in that family is a...

What? So it's the doctor's fault that patients eat junk food all day and never scrape themselves off the couch? First of all, no doctor is paid anywhere near that much. Second, if the doctor doesn't offer the patient the treatment, he may be sued for malpractice. Third, oncologists have a...

I agree with you - until the government forces cash payers to pay 3X medicare and/or makes cash paying patients illegal.

You're confused. The right to vote is the right to participate in a government that governs that individual. No taxation without representation, remember? You absolutely have a right to anything that you can obtain for yourself without stealing - education, for example. BUT, if you...

That's just it - you've never had any real medical issue. I've lived in a socialized medicine country and DID have a major medical issue. Socialized medicine is really good at dispensing aspirin. If you need a specialist, that gets expensive and you're screwed. Look, if the problem is...

I completely agree. Of course, you can't ignore congress allowing Fannie and Freddie to compete in the liar loan and subprime market, but the Fed is a major cause. The trouble with stomping on the interest rate is that while you let more money into the system, you have no control over where...

Even in states with no income tax, your tax rate will still be higher than FRANCE. Of course, if you're already wealthy you can bring it down by investing in Munis. So, these tax increases will hurt predominantly the poor and the young because it will be harder for them to find jobs and if...

Singapore is on my list. Ireland is sort of backsliding right now. Austria is another. Of course there are places like St. Kitts which are tax havens and which will give you instant citizenship if you invest in the country. The thing is that it almost doesn't matter where you get...

I agree with you wrt a consumption tax rather than a tax on production. One should be punished for what one takes OUT of the economy rather than what one puts into it. Of course, it probably hasn't escaped your notice that the inescapably of the consumption tax is far lower than inflation...

There are a few ways. Tax free munis. Barter for goods directly (the transaction is not taxed). Start moving your capital out of the U.S. Etc. The method will have to be specific to your circumstances and I would see an estate and tax lawyer.

I hope I explained why in my previous post. Look, I didn't mean it as an insult. There are many economics students who are better economic thinkers than some of their professors. I don't expect you to agree with me entirely. Considering opposing points of view is the path to intellectual...

Low interest rates have the opposite effect - they encourage investment because money is cheaper. Upon a little reflection, I think I can go along with our monopolisation argument - but not because of credit constraints. Small businesses are getting credit all the time and banks don't...