Quote:Now I may never get in that 45% bracket but high taxes are confiscatory to the economy and when you cut taxes govt. revenue actually goes up because it is a domino effect of growth in the economy.
This is a non-sequitor. Whether government revenue goes up or down depends on what level current taxes are at. If you cut taxes from 1% to 0%, government revenue goes down. Obviously there is some taxation rate that maximises government revenue, and it is nowhere near 0%. What this level is would no doubt depend on the robustness of the society as a whole - for example, for an overpopulated society near breaking point it would be lower than for a wealthy, modern industrialised society. There is not a single country on earth whose government could increase revenue by reducing taxation. This line is repeated ad nauseum by empty headed free market extremists for whom capitalism is more a religion than a means to an end, and who have no qualms about sacrificing the truth to attain their version of utopia.
You are also ignoring the fact that the way government spends the income can significantly increase personal wealth of the citizens beyond what it would do if left in private hands.
Quote:Whenever the govt. gets involved in anything it ruins it. In countries with socialized medicine you have long waiting lines for surgeries and you have long ER waiting lines some cancer treatments never happen why would I want that.
As opposed to countries without socialised medicine where the people just die of easily preventable or curable diseases because they can't afford treatment. Now tell me which option 'ruins' it? Even America has a high degree of socialisation medicine because even Americans recognise the inhumanity in denying someone basic medical treatment because they are poor. The rest is just a question of extent - ie what people consider to be basic care. You champion American free market health care, yet seem oblivious to the fact that America's is highly socialised (while providing many examples of this socialism), and would no doubt baulk at the cruelty of a genuine free market system.
Quote:I want a free market health care system that thrives on competition and innovation.
Real innovation can only happen with government sponsored research into basic science - the sort of research that is not economic for the private sector. The sort of innovation that free market capitalism brings to health care is throwing poor people out onto the street so paying customers seeking little blue pills or botox aren't inconvenienced by poor people bleeding all over the floor. One must accept the reality that there are limits to what the free market can provide, and in many areas they fall far short of what we consider acceptable. Health is one industry where socialism definitely comes out on top.
Quote:I want to be able to pick and control who my doctor is and don't want approval from the government. What is hypocritical about that?
Nothing at all, and socialised medicine does not deny you this right.
Quote:We have the highest survival rate of people with cancer and heart disease.
Funny that these are diseases of rich white people who have survived the easily preventable and curable afflictions that still kill many poor people, even in America. You can add a few years to the life and suffering of a 90 year old bed bound rich person by delaying the inevitable at huge expense, while poor people freeze to death on the front step. These treatments would not be possible today without government funded research.
Quote:If you work here you have great health care.
That's a pretty big if. The health care is great compared to a jobless American, but who would want to be a jobless American? Perhaps you should try comparing it to a country with decent health care.
Quote:Nobody leaves here to get treatment in other countries!! Are you kidding me?
Plenty of people do.
Quote:Again the high costs of medical care are the result of govt. regulations and mandates.
I thought you said no-one leaves for cheaper treatment, now you are complaining about the high cost? Are you saying that the cost is high, but that this does not affect anyone's spending habits? That sounds like a crack in capitalism to me.
Quote:But I must tell you the Mexicans and Canadians that come here for medical care is 10000x greater than people that leave here.
So now you admit that people do leave the US for treatment?