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Three Reasons Why Government Can't Run Health Care
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27/08/2009 16:06:26
John Ryan
Captain-Cooker Appreciation Society
Taumata Whakatangi ..., New Zealand
 
 
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We don't live in a democracy. If we did, the obvious majority would simply vote no and be done with it.

Democracy hasn't worked that way since industrialization began. All modern national democracies rely on representatives who declare planks or goals to allow citizens to exert their will and establish mandate. Shouting, yelling and threatening is vivid but better described as free speech than a necessary component of government.

Since we live in a representative republic, and our representatives are openly telling us they do not care what we think, we must make ourselves clear.

That is called "begging the question." The second premise is a mighty leap that you will struggle to substantiate except by more fallacies.

If you vote for this, we will throw you, your president and your party from your elitist perch, you arrogant, leftist, drunk with power crackpots.

Very "vivid" but the best way in real life to achieve that for sure is to stand against the incumbent and offer your own planks that appeal to more people than the incumbent's. Then you'd get your chance to show how easy it really is.
"... They ne'er cared for us
yet: suffer us to famish, and their store-houses
crammed with grain; make edicts for usury, to
support usurers; repeal daily any wholesome act
established against the rich, and provide more
piercing statutes daily, to chain up and restrain
the poor. If the wars eat us not up, they will; and
there's all the love they bear us.
"
-- Shakespeare: Coriolanus, Act 1, scene 1
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