Summing up the health care debate
My favorite reply to this editorial in Canada’s National Post is:
“Americans spent a total of 17.3% of national income on health care, up from 16.2% in 2008. Most other advanced countries spend between 8% and 11%. Second-place Switzerland spends about 11.5%.”
That’s because they are rich. And we’re not. Thanks to odious and foolish Frumish policies like thinking that having big bucks to spend on goodies, and then spending those big bucks on said goodies is bad. Just another anti-sumptuary. Frum, in my judgment, your clothes are too flashy, too much of the economy goes to yuppie open collared dress shirts for economic illiterates, time for some sack-cloth. This comment is my attempt to dump ashes on your foolish head, to go with the sack-cloth.
I do not want my spending on health care restricted. I want to have American grade big bucks to spend on health, or any other damn thing I choose. When I’m old and near death I intend to spend 99% of my economy on my health care. Or possibly hookers and blow.
But it is my choice and you should STFU.