I do have to kind of snort at the idea that Americans won't accept Big Brother - you've had your government admit to illegally tapping your phones and no one even agrees that that was a bad thing.
Can't you just have taxes raised to pay for health care? You can even label this specifically as a health care tax and then at least you know where it's going. It's bizarre to me that such a capitalistic society would force health care costs onto businesses - wouldn't they be more competitive without having to pay that for their employees? However health insurance is a huge business, and keeping people's health care dependent upon their employment is a pretty effective method of social control.
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Date: 2008-02-25 04:21 am (UTC)Can't you just have taxes raised to pay for health care? You can even label this specifically as a health care tax and then at least you know where it's going. It's bizarre to me that such a capitalistic society would force health care costs onto businesses - wouldn't they be more competitive without having to pay that for their employees? However health insurance is a huge business, and keeping people's health care dependent upon their employment is a pretty effective method of social control.