Why Everything Does Not Need to Make a Profit

Bill Maher on health care reform.

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[ammarios]

As usual, Bill, you hit the nail right on the head.

I couldn't be more thankful to the universe to be a Canadian living in Canada.

If the right-wingers see us as socialists, then I'm a proud Socialist.

[bakersteven3]

I'm always amazed at how stupid some Americans are. We have socialized medicine int he UK. We love it. No one would dare dismantle it and we use the American system as a comparison. Do they think Winston Churchill and Margaret Thatcher were socialist dictators? Yet they helped set up the NHS (in WC case) and although Thatcher didn't like it, she certainly wouldn't dare to drag in American system. Georgraphy and History are subjects to be studied, it's help these "tea party"/Republicans.

[estebanrey]

Don't the US (like ever other country) have a "socialised" army and police force? Why aren't Americans calling from the abolition of government run police forces and replacing them with private security firms? Surely if the pursuit of profit makes everything better why not?

In fact why do the US have taxes at all, or a government for that matter (they are socialist evils of course), why not just go the whole hog and have a true 'every man for himself' culture.

[thegov08]

new rules is the best segment on any TV show around. I'm not gonna given Bill all the credit here, he must have some awesome writers.

[lasseplatburk]

@ammarios that's not saying I support them, I think they're too conservative, I'm also more to the left

[lasseplatburk]

@ammarios Same in Sweden: Swedish Conservatives = Democrats. I mean, there were a couple of Republicans who got to read the policy of the Sweden-Democrats, our most conservative, nationalist party, and they said: Damn Communists!

[ammarios]

@lasseplatburk I mean hey, they ACTUALLY think that the U.S Democrats are "the left" (as they call them), which is the most hilarious&laughable thing I've ever heard..they are so far to the right that even the U.S Dems, who by Canadian/global standards are actually right-of-centre, are called "left-wing" by comparison ...

Whenever I used to hear right-wingers talk about "the left" I couldn't imagine who they were talking about..imagine how hard I laughed when I realized they meant the Dems lol

[ammarios]

@lasseplatburk You're absolutely right.

I guess I forgot to add :

As a Canadian left-wing Social-democrat/Democratic-soc­ialist/Civil(social)-libertari­an who is an active member of the NDP (Canada's second-largest party in the current parliament AND it happens to be our social-democratic party), I don't think Canada is socialist ENOUGH, so if the right-wingers see us as Socialist, then I'm a proud socialist AND they're dumber and more ignorant and deluded than one first would've thought !

[lasseplatburk]

@ammarios Socialism isn't even a bad thing, as they like to see it.

[DeIville8]

@bakersteven3

I agree with what you say, however Thatcher did encourage much more private medicine, as well as the fatally flowed PFI (Private Finance Initiative). There are complaints about the NHS in the UK, but that's the nature of the beast, complaints get more airing than bouquets in our negatively slanted media. It's there when we need it, and no private medicine touches A&E as far as I know.

The right-wingers can go to hell.

[bakersteven3]

@polevaultrockstr Oh dear, greta post but the fatcs totally disagree with you. Look up the OECD reports of health care. Considering the USA has 46 million without any coverage your post is proved wrong. Whne the Harvard report stated that "over 70%" of Americans bankruptcy are caused by MEDICAL BILLS, it again proves you are wrong. You haven't a clue about the NHS system, or the french system or any others, so until you've compared don't just assume the lies you've been given by the corporates!