Socialized medicine is an abysmal failure

It looks promising. I first want to declare that I am by no means satisfied with the current health care situation in America. But then, I'm really not happy with any other health care situation anywhere else in the world either -- including the much touted Canada and England. Here is why: It's amazing how much under reporting of the problems of European and Canadian health care is going on in America when report after report in their own country shows the growing dissatisfaction with the current state of affairs. Please choose from scores of articles on the subject. England: . http://www.liberty-page.com... Canada: . http://www.liberty-page.com... If you took the time to read any of the articles, what stands out rather prominently is the sheer lack of care -- the abysmal care that I speak of. People are not being treated by the droves. Why is this happening? It's very simple really. I will list the problems as they exist today. 1. Not enough care: Quite simply, these countries economy do not enough the funding to take on the astronomical costs associated with health care without jeopardizing or detracting from funding for other important programs like military or critical infrastructure. 2. Staff being payed disparaging wages in order to increase care: Doctors and nurses in many European countries have had to suffer serious cutbacks in their pay because the government has to ration care for the supplies and surgeries themselves which invariably leads to inferior care of the patient. Ration care? At most with insurance, you have to pay a nominal co-pay, yet have virtually unlimited access to care at a much lower rate. 3. Inferior care because of lack of enterprise: Supply and demand rule markets and drive prices. The reason American has been so successful for many decades, and why China has finally started becoming successful, is due to capitalist enterprising. Competition is what drives better technology. Why is this? It's because one company has to come out with the very best product in order to make it sell effectively, which is both good for the consumer and the merchant. In a socialist setting, there is NO incentive to quality care. None whatsoever! In fact, it runs in to the very same problem its Big Brother, Communism, ran in to -- more mouths to feed, more patients to care for, means that everyone suffers from the top down. So dead countrymen begins to look like a good place to start in fixing their problems. 5. Free health care my a**: Free. .. That's what they say. They call it "free. " There is absolutely nothing free about free health care. These services are payed by the taxpayers of that country. And like any welfare state, the hard working, healthy people pay for the sick, lame, and lazy -- the very people Stalin, Lenin, and Mao had to destroy in order to make the facade seem feasible. Benefits that exceed the amount of $170 billion costs the public up to $340 billion. . http://www.cato.org... There is nothing free about these systems. Over HALF of the income of workers in Sweden is taxed. That's an enormous amount. And think about it: How much of that money is actually going to be utilized by the average citizen? Hardly a dime. Most of the money goes to the socially lecherous who don't work, so that you get to pay that free health care. Remember: The only people that truly benefit from free health care are the unemployed, because for them, and only for them, is it truly free. . http://en.wikipedia.org... In closing, I leave you with one more link that I trust will leave an indelible impression on all who view it. For the benefit of all the readers, I would implore you to watch this short clip, as it elucidates my argument succinctly. Feel free to view the entire series. It is really fascinating. . http://www.youtube.com...