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Robert Maynard's Avatar Jump to comment 139 by Robert Maynard

Pretty much. I'm just interested in calibrating how far your opposition to government-run things goes. :P
It's just that it seems very intuitive to me that a government should provide for the common security of its people. The maintenance of a regulated environment, over the ultimate deregulated state - nature - is basically the purpose of any community at any scale. I.. don't see why that shouldn't include more tightly regulating the health insurance industry - including a government run option to force for-profit companies to trim their fat.
I've got no stake in its success, seeing I live in Australia, other than to speedily proceed to cap-and-trade legislation so Obama has something to show for himself at Copenhagen. But as the post mentions, these are pretty middle-of-the-road type policies we're talking about.

Wed, 16 Sep 2009 15:04:00 UTC | #397763