Who Supports the War(s)

[jaguar]

*sighs*
I leave for a compel of days to get take little pills and pound my eardrums and look what I have to come back to....

Radar. Yes, the bible is full of holes. On the other hand it is also full of verifiable historical fact backed up by archeological research. I am an atheist. Jesus being born etcetc is far more questionable, but you cannot dismiss everything in the bible as rubbish out of hand.

I'm a MCSE

You really want to say that in public?

What do you suggest as an alternative? Have the government set price ceilings on CD's? Have the government fund all software development? What exactly are you advocating here?

The freer the market the freer the people my fucking arse.

It is an issue of moderation and control.

It is undeniably true a free market can create a great spirit of competition that in theory benefits customers, and often does, but once a field is established it can be close to impossible for new players not to be squeezed out by force of simply economies of scale, which leaves entire markets ripe for exploitation by price fixing cartels, formal or informal. Direct intervention into the market by government should, IMHO as limited as possible but powers should be in place to make it possible for the govt to really, and I mean really, slap down anti-competitive practices, My own little dream scenario/social experiment would be to have a very, very small government, entirely free economy and a small group of overseers who could at discretion intervene, to keep things fair. Don't bother pointing out the flaws, just a nice experiment of sorts.

Health systems.....
I’m not sure of the details of the system in Canada but from memory it is not too different to ours. I have a Medicare card, its government issues. I can walk into any doctor that does bulk billing, swipe the card and the govt picks up the tab, I can d the same @ public hospitals. I can also get private health insurance, independent of my employer and use private hospitals and doctors as well as specialists at my discretion. Personally I think it's the best of both world. Everyone has access to health care, free of charge, and those who wish can have private care. Personally I do have private health insurance, it helps pay for things like contact lenses.