wee one, look at the exchange rate 5 years ago and compare that to the exchange rate today. do the math
do you attend public school?

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Universal healthcare is better than other forms of protectionism- the kind that will withdraw us from the global market entirely.
Like it or not, policy is run by people. This is one of those things that happens outside of the economy (perhaps an economy all its own). If not the people, then someone uses it to tweek the system in their favor.

And the current state of our "free market" medical system is not so wonderful.


Not sure what all this "proves".
Frankly I'm not all that big on the UH programs that our current crop of politicians are shooting for.
But if they do work in as far as making sure people don't end up with no medical coverage as soon as they lose a job due to global competition... well then, it does the job.
The current system does not. That makes people quite antsy about global competition... makes them not want to compete at all.

You can go ahead dismissing their fears as ridiculous or uninformed or short-sighted or whatever. But those fears are based in a reality... and they aren't going away to convenience you or anyone else.
They will result in either an adaptation that helps us get through this particular period of turbulence... or an adaptation that causes us to withdraw and head backward.

Unless you think you're going to stop all the fear by going up and explaining to people that they will eventually get retrained or fail and someone else will and the market will fix itself.
Good luck on that.

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how about you show me then, if you can.

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So your logic is that if we are not there, the number will go down... That makes perfect sense... not.

You say that now, but do you have proof to back it up? All I need to do is compare GDPs between our nation and the nations that don't have it and I've got more proof than you. There are a million things that can go wrong, but you're not as quick to criticize those.

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So your logic is that if we are not there, the number will go down... That makes perfect sense... not.

Compare our GDP to a nation that puts up tariffs, illegalizes outsourcing, nationalizes oil, and places tight regulations on all industries, tightens immigration laws, etc.
That's where we will be heading if our nation remains feeling insecure about the global economy. We will withdraw. It's a downward spiral from there.

And can you show me a problem with the GDPs of countries based on UH while holding all other variables constant?

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1 / ~.64(now) * ~.87(5yr ago) = ~136

-.- I wanted him to explain for a reason.

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So your logic is that if we are not there, the number will go down... That makes perfect sense... not.

International exchange rates don't compare that way.

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I think America is finally ready for another president with polio.

i need a laugh
explain it for us

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Originally Posted by Bushfan http://www.politicalforum.com/images...s/viewpost.gif Pelosi calls Mr. Bush a Failure in Eeverything. You just can't hide a public eduation.

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Originally Posted by Rusticus Rove is s the slime on which this whole administration slid.

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Originally Posted by Raharu Haruha And spending money is nothing more than another form of voting.

I think we all need a laugh. Perhaps you could post pictures of your funny face.

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So your logic is that if we are not there, the number will go down... That makes perfect sense... not.