Board:   [DoveNet] DoveNet General Chat
Subject: Re: telnetvision video to
From:    Gamgee
Date:    Sat Nov 07, 2026 11:31

Subject: Re: telnetvision video to ansi
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-=> poindexter FORTRAN wrote to Gamgee <=-

 -=> Gamgee wrote to poindexter FORTRAN <=-

 Ga> I'll concede that the retirement fund has been badly mis-managed, and
 Ga> in a generation or two there will likely be nothing left of it.  But
 Ga> yet you say you want that same organization to manage healthcare...
 Ga> Does that actually seem wise to you?

 pF>  Compared to a for-profit enterprise that is the leading cause of
 pF>  personal bankrupcy in this country?

Yes, compared to that.

 Ga> Well, as I've just been saying, you seem to want the government to
 Ga> control every single important aspect of your life.  Does that not
 Ga> sound like communism a little to you?

 pF>  You would be wrong to assume that. Wanting taxes to go to the common
 pF>  good is not communism, it's the basis government was founded on.

No argument with that.  If we could stop the "pork" projects that are
the only things lawmakers care about, and the fraud/waste/abuse of our
tax dollars, the things that matter would be properly funded.  That's
the real issue... Avoiding the mis-use of the taxes collected.

 pF>  needs to be a healthy free market with common-sense regulation
 pF>  where needed

That is already in place.  The Left wants to control that "free market",
as is easily seen by the abundance of new "democratic socialist"
candidates running for office.  They don't want it to be a free market
(capitalism), they want to control it in order to siphon off massive
profits for their personal gain.

 pF> (we've seen what happens in completely unregulated markets)

I don't believe there are any completely unregulated markets.  Could you
be more specific?

 pF> promotion of innovation in business,

Rampant and increasing.

 pF> easy access to higher and vocational education

Already there and readily accessible.  Not free, but it shouldn't be.

 pF> and a system to take care of people who need it.

Already in place.  If we could eliminate the fraud and abuse, it would
be perfectly adequate.  The Left seems to confuse the word "need" with
the word "want"...


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