Driver2165

No I'm not being sarcastic. Yesterday's announcement that GM will be cutting jobs and benefits just proves to me that the US needs a national health care system. Do any conservatives feel like explaining this one to me? Companies are paying an awful lot on health care for their employees, and are then forced to raise prices. $1,525 of every GM car sold in the United States goes to paying for that healthcare. How much of every GM car would go to healthcare if the care was taxed instead of sold at a profit? $0. They wouldn't have to pay for it! Their employees would pay for the whole thing! Am I saying that companies shouldn't be allowed to exercise their free-market whatevers to make a profit off of pain, suffering, illness, and death? Yes. Especially when the byproduct is more money for employers and more money for employees.

Allow me to preemptively bar talking points. No, Canada doesn't have long lines of people waiting for care. No, Canadians are not crossing the border for better coverage. Yes, statistics show that Canadians are on average healthier than Americans. No you may not dispute facts using some letter to some editor written by Ben Stein. No, Ben Stein is not an intelligent person (it has nothing to do with his politics. He would be a horrible liberal, also).