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Old 03-26-2009, 08:52 PM   #103
classicman
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Sorry, but a corporation is there to supply a service or product to the public, and jobs to people.
Dream on ya hippie. The corp/company is there to MAKE MONEY. Whatever they do that is the primary goal.
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I believe doctors and nurses and others in medicine make a very comfortable living in other countries that have a single payer system. Why should medicine be about profit? You see where it's gotten us?
Really? I have no idea, but many do come here too.
Where has medicine for profit gotten us? Please elaborate.
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I'm talking about the top 2%. You are talking about average rich people with jobs instead of empires. If the progressive tax system was not riddled with loopholes it would be a very fair system.
How much does the "average rich" person make?
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AVERAGE insurance policies for an individual are over 5k/year, and for a family average over $15k/year.
False. I pay for my own (ee+fam on a two tier system) and its about $432 a month - you do the math. Its an HMO with a very large company.

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Medicine should not a be a product/service like every other product/service. We can just agree to disagree on that point because I can see where that argument is going.
I agree with Jinx.
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