15th September 2009, 10:08 AM
A lot of the agencies in that video are actually for-profit businesses run under government auspices, i.e. the USPS and utilities, which disqualifies them for a socialist label.
Now, when one examines the quality of our roads, public school systems, and many other entities which truly are a social quality . . . I love, for instance, paying all these transportation-related taxes in Virginia (and there are many), only to spend half of my drive to and from work driving over pitted, gutted streets. And, that's to say nothing of the awful state of I-64 and I-95 through the city.
I think people wouldn't mind the taxes so much if they actually had a sense of returns. I know that would be the case for me. I don't mind paying tolls because I use the roads. I don't mind paying for schools, because successful students will one day repay society through their works and deeds. I don't mind paying for utilities, because I use them as well. I do, in all cases, think I should be getting a hell of a lot more for my money and wish there was far more stringent fiscal oversight being exercised.
I think you'll find that the major, underlying reason there's such a strong opposition to socialized medicine isn't the concept itself, but that nobody in the universe trusts the United States Federal Government to administer such a broad program without suffering widespread corruption and waste and mismanagement. It's evident all over the federally-funded spread of agencies and departments.
Now, when one examines the quality of our roads, public school systems, and many other entities which truly are a social quality . . . I love, for instance, paying all these transportation-related taxes in Virginia (and there are many), only to spend half of my drive to and from work driving over pitted, gutted streets. And, that's to say nothing of the awful state of I-64 and I-95 through the city.
I think people wouldn't mind the taxes so much if they actually had a sense of returns. I know that would be the case for me. I don't mind paying tolls because I use the roads. I don't mind paying for schools, because successful students will one day repay society through their works and deeds. I don't mind paying for utilities, because I use them as well. I do, in all cases, think I should be getting a hell of a lot more for my money and wish there was far more stringent fiscal oversight being exercised.
I think you'll find that the major, underlying reason there's such a strong opposition to socialized medicine isn't the concept itself, but that nobody in the universe trusts the United States Federal Government to administer such a broad program without suffering widespread corruption and waste and mismanagement. It's evident all over the federally-funded spread of agencies and departments.
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