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    This guy on Forbes website has some surprisingly rational, non-partisan discussion on health care reform.

    http://blogs.forbes.com/rickunga…

    In this article for instance he considers the GOP plan that they would like to replace Obama's health care law with (yes, turns out GOP actually has a plan). Which is to create government funded "high risk insurance pools."

    They would take the high risk people the insurance people don't want and instead of trying to change the whole system like Obama does, they simply fund their insurance through tax dollars. So wait a sec, where's the "free market" alternative we've been told exists?

    I find it fascinating that all these people on the right have morphed into these crusaders against "collectivism" (ironically, they all developed these views more or less simultaneously which is collective thinking at its worst:) and are convinced a free market approach will solve every problem.

    But then when it comes time to actually present a workable idea (i.e., that when you actually crunch the numbers has some chance of working), what do they offer? A f'ckin welfare program:)

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    • I was at walmart yesterday and some chic on an iphone was asking if they had any welfare
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    • money left on their WIC card. I have a video of her but I am not even going to post it.
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    • PS. There is nothing wrong with personal responsibility.
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    • See this is where you start throwing out the meaningless generalizations.
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    • Personality responsibility good! Government bad!
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    • Too bad the GOP policy doesn't actually reflect any of this. It's just marketing they put out there that you and every other right winger followed in sheeplike fashion
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    • other right winger followed in sheeplike fashion
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    • I mean, not to pick on you in particular, but its just so lame and predictable
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    • And just read the comments to that Forbes blog and you'll see what I mean
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    • Ive never thought of reps to oppose collectivism. if they did their religion base would be bummed
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