lagoausente wrote:Yes, here they do the same, so some of the taxes are going for this networks on libraries.
Regarding health, here there are people who uses private health, and private pension plans, but there are cases where some people if they have some sickness are not accepted by the companies, or even they are taked out the company if they anticipate the client will have health problems soon, and they will loose money. And that are big companies, who wants to if they know your are ok, and kick you if they anticipate you´ll need their services. And some guys have to go to public health anyway.
Discussion about socialism/capitalism usually ends in preconception thoughts about both typologies. One example, not so long ago, G.W. Bush , before elections claimed for an urgent "public money" transaction to save wall street and the sistem. AIG if I know correctly is a super big insurance company, that was go to bankrupt, so what to trust? Is not that socialist losses but private profits?
I don´t trust socialism and taxes, but nor companies.
I trust companies long before I trust government. Governments are motivated by power, which is dishonest by nature. Companies are profit motivated, which is honest.
As far as "public health", the ONLY interest that the any government should have in health is the prevention of the spread of disease. Treating individuals is nothing but socialism. Socialism, by it's very nature is nothing more than robbing those who are smart enough to accrue money, in order to provide for those who are too stupid to do so.
As far as AIG, GM, etc., goes, the "too big to fail" line is a lie. Nothing is too big to fail. If a company is unprofitable it should naturally fail. The problem was the politicians feared loosing votes because they would be perceived as not having done "something" about the economy. All they did do was screw things up even worse.
Read Ayn Rand, and you may have a glimpse into what I'm talking about.