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Originally Posted by Aeneas
I missed the part before the Moore interview when Dr Gupta criticized Moore. Wish I had seen it, would have given his outburst some context.
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60 minutes just did a piece on the US comptroller general, the guy who is in charge of oversight for the government. He's a well respected Beaurocrat who is doing speaking engagements all over the US to warn of the impending doom of US fiscal policy.
One of the neat comments he said was that the US pays 50% more for its healthcare in comparison to other western nations and yet has an average infant mortality rate and so many without insurance.
Its like the education systems have become less about educating, but more about making money. The graduation rates for collages/uni's are brutal in north america.
So free post secondary, certainly doesn't sound so bad.
There are just some things that shouldnt be for profit, healthcare/education are tops of that list next to fire/police/army...
Sure taxes would be higher, but if you ever can spend time in countries that have a more socialist society you'll be suprised at just how good of a life you can live there.