Shit! These threads expand too fast for those who only come here 3 times a day to keep up!
Now let’s clear something up here.
I am to a degree, a libertarian. Hell even on the issue of guns I am ambivalent, thought I’d rather blow off my own kneecap than throw a bone to some of the attached philosophies that are thrown around here. But when it comes to social policy, irrespective of whether you support such policies, they are by their nature selfish. It's not about freedom, it's about access. I think *only* having a public system is bad, but *only* have a private system is worse, as hermit put it, it's too easy for people to fall though the cracks. It's not a freedom if you cannot afford it, a fact that is easy to overlook in the name of abstract idealism or pure selfishness. It is not about absolutes, it’s about the best possible compromise, because either extreme is terrible.
By paying tax we all support services we do not want or need, the fact we are willing to contribute to something that may help others with no benefit to ourselves I think is a great reflection on our society.
Now radar has done brilliant job of proving my point. After a few pages of rubbish about efficiency, the truth comes out: he thinks income tax is 'armed robbery'. I assume therefore that he is an anarchist, not a libertarian, because I do not understand how government is supposed to function effectively (or efficiently?) without tax revenue? Or should government be turned into a competitive business maybe? So what radar is actually miffed about his hard earned money might be used to pay for someone else's healthcare, without his permission. As for a rebuttal for that - see above.
And last I checked Radar, I was talking about the system here which I described, not Canadian healthcare, so please, read what I posted and post a rebuttal to that, not what you assumed I wrote.
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Windows 2000 is the best operating system in the world. It's more stable than Linux and more user friendly. It's the most tested and secure piece of software ever created
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Bullshit. Sorry.
The rest of your post is a nice attempt to dig your head in the sand and pretend that theory, not business reality, is reality. Ironic.