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Old 04-25-2012, 10:34 PM   #82
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Originally Posted by Hemi-Cuda View Post
what baffles me is that apparently the US government is too incompetent to handle heath care, but there's no problem letting them handle police, fire & emergency response, education, national defense, infrastructure, etc. you'd think the way some people paint the government that the states would be a lawless post apocalyptic hellhole. get the right people in charge and there's no reason a single payer system couldn't work down there
The Federal government handles none of the highlighted categories and only part of the infrastructure of the country.

Right people in charge IS the key. Unfortunately, the system that is supposed to make that happen is broken too.
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