[ExI] Healthcare and governments thinking long range

[Rafal Smigrodzki]

On Tue, Jun 23, 2009 at 9:14 AM, Stathis Papaioannou<stathisp at gmail.com> wrote:
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> I'm not familiar with cosmetic plastic surgery in the US. I suppose if
> you get rid of cumbersome health insurance intermediaries and
> deregulate who can work as a doctor, it would get cheaper. But the
> medical profession are a very powerful lobby and resist anything that
> might increase competition and decrease their income, claiming that it
> would put peoples' health at risk.

### Read "The state is very powerful, and whoever influences it, will
force their will to the detriment of others". Still love the
government?

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> Would the "compulsory savings from payroll deductions" count as a tax?

### No. Savings are yours, whether voluntary or not, as long as *you*
get to use them, on yourself.

Rafal