From: slick-AT-pseud.pseud
Subject: M-INTRO: Response to Mike about Edler
Date: Wed, 05 Dec 2001 03:49:38 



I would like to take Mike up on his challenge to name another country that 
gives as much in charity/aid as the United States. I would also like to 
respond to his attack on Edler2u's comments.

First, per capita Sweden, Norway and Denmark all give more than the United 
States in aid to other countries. Granted in actual dollar amounts the 
United States gives more but it would be inane to try and compare the net 
amount given by a country with 8 million citizens (Sweden) to one with 265+ 
million (USA) Not only that, Sweden has the world's highest tax rate with 
corporate income taxes reaching up to 77% and yet they still give more.

Mike, if you are attending the University of Utah like many of us are, then 
I highly recommend that you enroll in the Healthcare Economics course taught 
here. Once you do, you'll find out that the United States does indeed have 
the best healthcare in the world, the only problem is that the majority of 
people can't afford it and the majority of HMO's refuse to supply it! Also, 
specialization is one of the major reasons that healthcare costs have 
skyrocketed in recent years, hurting the average person more than helping 
them. Granted, if you got shot the hospital would be forced to treat you but 
what if you came down with cancer? Chances are that you might be one of over 
50 million uninsured Americans who are very low wage earners for the most 
part. You would have to chose between starving your family and withering 
away to nothingness in front of them. Or what if you did have insurance on 
one of the very popular HMO's? They would cover you for possibly a few years 
and then when expenses became too high, they'd find a reason to drop you. 
Sure you could always sue them but chances are by the time the case reached 
court you'd be dead anyway.

I can tell you that there are better alternatives to Capitalism all over the 
world. There is a huge difference between being alive and having a life 
worth living. There is also a huge difference between working to live and 
living to work. In the United States we live to work under the capitalists.



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