talk.politics.misc

Harry Hope wrote:
> This is, of course, not what people mean when they level charges of
> "socialized medicine."
>
> This term is never used in reference to police protection, fire
> departments or highways -- all of which are provided by government.
>
> Properly speaking, socialism is when the state owns or controls the
> means of production.
>
> Thus "socialized medicine" is when the doctors are state employees;
> when the hospitals, drugstores, home health agencies and other
> facilities are owned and controlled by the government.
>
The Washington Post isn't writing to conservatives. In this article,
it's writing to people who can think - thus all conservatives will see
it as an attack on their way of life. Facts must never enter into the
equation, especially when opinion can so easily be manipulated with
propaganda.

Pat
Impeach Bush
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Articles of Impeachment
Center for Constitutional Rights
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