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Originally Posted by JcP
I don't understand why people are fighting to prevent other people from having access to a government option. If you believe in competition, why are you trying to deny the government (regardless of what you think about it) from competing?
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The government does not and cannot compete with the private sector due to it's inherent inefficiencies (see article).
Picture this scenario...
Government Option becomes law... system chugs along for a few years, everything appears peachy to those with the rose colored glasses. As the smoke begins to clear and the mirrors eventually fall and break, the reality seeps through that the money isn't there to support this program. The programs runs into the red the debt begins to pile on and you're left with options such as raising taxes, lowering the quality of service, increasing the inflation rate, etc... not good options. But since the masses already have their government option you can't go taking that away. The only way to keep the government option afloat and able to compete with the private sector is to subsidize it and you can guess where that money will come from.
Does that type of sound like competition?
Quote:
Originally Posted by JcP
I don't understand why people are fighting to prevent other people from having access to a government option. If you believe in competition, why are you trying to deny the government (regardless of what you think about it) from competing?
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Again, a subsidized government option is not free market competition.
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Originally Posted by JcP
In essence, is the fear that the public option won't work...or is the fear that the public option WILL work?
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A government option has unlimited resources to keep it afloat regardless of it's gross and inherent inefficiencies . These unlimited resources include raising taxes, lowering the quality of service, increasing inflation, etc.
-Hedons