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On 21 Aug 2012 15:58:09 GMT, Han wrote:

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Mandatory healthcare coverage was a creation of
REPUBLICANS? They were pushing it for years
before the Democrats agreed to it?

First implemented by Romney in Massachusetts. Abroad they have
been doing it for decades. It's nothing new, really.


And in just about all those countries, it's been the prime cause
of financial hemorrhage of their economies

Yes, often it hasn't been as cheap as initially projected, but
"financial hemorrhage" - hardly. I think that the banking and
housing sectors have been more "guilty" than the medical reforms.
Canada is doing fine, I believe. Holland is doing (comparatively)
fine, and MA isn't doing too badly either.

Both living under the military umbrella of the US.

And 2 of the countries that are grateful for that.

Perhaps I should have substituted "freeloading" for "living".

Whatever you want to call some of the US's staunchest allies.

The fact is that they're freeloading on the protection. They're paying zero,
which is money they can use for other purposes. ...and even that isn't
working out so well.