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Government subsidies, the exemption from anti-trust laws, and the law banning people from being able to purchase health insurance across state lines, all have helped mess up the system (notice none of this is free-market).

On a sidenote, those who mention about people being forced to pay Social Security taxes, I resent that as well (being forced to pay into a retirement fund mandated by the government; it's one thing to be forced to pay into a retirement fund, okay, but another to have to pay into one the...

That argument could be made to nationalize everything. Instead of the private sector doing something, just let the government handle it and things will go far more efficiently. England tried it with nationalizing much of the economy after WWII on the idea that nationalized enterprises would be...

Oh come on now Flash, that's what the government always says, you really believe the government taking control of something will make it more efficient? ;) Bribing, and they knew Obama's presidency would be finished if it didn't pass. And even then, that was by reconciliation. Point is he...

Switzerland and Iceland I know are very business-friendly, not as sure about the others. Norway gets 25% of their GDP from oil exports. Let's also remember that many of these nations are very small, so it is easier to manage a welfare state. That's because we have been subsidizing their...

Individual reforms are nice, but this is a 2,000+ page bill. There is a good chance it will blow a hole in the budget. Not wise to seek to fix one problem by creating another. The point is that whenever the government is paying for something, they can tax or regulate it. State-level is one...

There is a difference I'd say between being zealous to pass a massive health bill that allows them to increase control over the system and economy and being zealous to truly reform healthcare. This bill also federalizes the student loan program. The two primary ways in which to control...

Work to try and get Medicare and Medicaid under control, which are drivers of increasing healthcare costs, tort reform, remove the ban on being able to purchase health insurance across state lines, remove the tax exemption on employer-provided health insurance which encourages excessive spending...

While it can improve things if everyone buys coverage, that doesn't justify them forcing people to purchase it. There were numerous alternatives to this bill. The Democrats were just zealous to pass it because it is a government takeover of one-sixth of the economy, turning the health insurance...

Barack Obama also said he copied some of the aspects of Mitt Romney's healthcare system for his healthcare program. So he's inadverdently saying based his program off of a failed healthcare system.

IMO this bill will bankrupt the nation. Stand by for a VAT tax soon when it becomes apparent how much of a hole this blows in the budget. This was interesting I thought: http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2010/03/is_obamacare_headed_for_a_supr.html

Some say they may view Iran as enough of a threat where they would be willing to incur a lot of wrath from the West even for a strike that only sets the Iranians back a few years in their program.

Wish I could! I was wondering because many believe Israel will strike against Iran if they see it as a big enough threat.

If Israel decides to strike at Iran, would they close the SoH or attempt it?

Yes, although the term "NATO reliability standards" was just what a guy on another forum had phrased it as; I have/had no idea whether it was a real term or not.

A person told me that on the nuclear submarines, they have lightbulbs that essentially last permanently, that you can bang around and they won't break or anything, basically nothing like those ultra-fragile lightbulbs the civilian world has to use, which burn out easily, have fragile filaments...

Oh cripes, okay I will put on the Stupid Hat for not doing a search first. Here is the original thread I am assuming: http://www.airwarriors.com/forum/showthread.php?t=150536&highlight=sukhoi+27+civilian Two questions I saw on another site regarding this plane I am wondering about: 1) How...

First Two Civilian Su-27s Available Well for about $5 million, you can purchase your very own civilian version of a Su-27. Pride Aviation has a pair available for sale right outside of Rockford, Illinois. Just recently passed FAA Phase 1 and should soon be cleared for the skies over the U.S...

Government is spending far too much though. It needs to get things back under control. Government rarely cuts spending while seeing revenue increases. Usually revenue increases mean the government will spend even more, feeling it can always just raise taxes further or implement new taxes if...

No we do not. I'm not referring to overall government size, I'm talking about size of the government in proportion to the economy. In this sense, we have one of the smaller governments. Those countries with the higher taxes also have higher levels of debt to GDP in comparison to the United...

In that we do not copy other nations with their big government, high-taxation and regulation, it is.

This healthcare bill is not "reform" in any way whatsoever. It is a cluster**** of epic proportions (pardon the word). The ONLY reason the Democrats are rushing it through is because they have a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to take control of a sixth of the U.S. economy. The bill has all...

Certain things I would say simply cannot be compromised. For example, the Democrats would want a healthcare "reform" bill with the public option, and for "compromise" they might want to give Republicans some tax cuts. But on something like that, there is no compromise, because a public option...

I always thought of Christmas, in general, as a time for giving gifts, not materialism. But even then, the gift-giving is just an "icing on the cake" sort of thing to me. I can easily have Christmas without gifts. Family, friends, decorating, etc...are most important :) I think they also...

Only part I would disagree with you is on the compromise part. IMO, the only way to get the objectives met that make sense are to stonewall, and then smash through the opponents and flatten them. The Left want more gun control, government healthcare, universal college, various other...

I don't know whether the airline unions are good or not, but unions still have a place, just not near what they used to have IMO.

I am with you on minimum wage laws, they are nothing but a price control on workers, and price them out of the market, thus yanking up the unemployment rate. I get what you are saying, but I don't think it works that squeaky clean in the real world. For example, during the 19th century...

Although the food industry needed regulation, the big meat-packing companies actually supported legislation such as the Meat Inspection Act and I believe the Pure Food and Drug Act, because they knew the compliance costs would hurt the smaller meat packers.

Wow just noticed this thread, CRAZY! He was probably her boyfriend and she caught him cheating, and was one of those crazy women so she did some bad stuff to him, then he went to the cops, so then she claimed he tried to rob her.

Because anarchy means all the evils in the world run wild, whereas with socialism you have one evil in control, so you have law and order. Yes, it may be repressive law and order, but in general still order. Although you have a point, I mean if you have a choice between Somalia or the Soviet...

I would say there are no strengths whatsoever from socialism. NONE. Socialism is an EVIL system. Even the industries we nationalize or have run by local governments in America, we only do so because it is a necessary evil. Government itself is a necessary evil. Capitalism, like democracy, has...

You are confusing "capitalism" with free-market capitalism. Capitalism unto itself is no better than socialism. Both are just forms of serfdom. But unlike socialism, capitalism can be made to work with the proper institutions (rule of law, protection of private property, developed banking and...

Corporations, unto themselves, are no better than government. The difference is that in a free-market, corporations must COMPETE for your dollars, and adhere to the laws. If they do not, they will make no money and go out of business. So they are going to provide a product that is of decent...

I would not say we are on the road to socialism in terms of one day we will be the Union of American Socialist States or something, but we ARE on the road to European-style social democracy or maybe Argentina if we don't get smart. Government is getting TOO big and spending WAY too much. The...

None of these are the means of production. Otherwise, you could say that military, police, firefighters, etc....are "socialist," but that they are things best left to the government. We could have private police and firefighters, but local governments tend to run them pretty fine. The...

How does one define the "public good?" Tax dollars collected so that the government can perform its overall basic functions (regulate commerce, enforce contracts, provide for the national defense, light and efficient regulation to the degree required, police and firefighters on the local level...

One quick question, but is it true that Boeing purposelly mis-led Airbus into thinking that it's (Boeing's) next aircraft was going to be this super ultra-large monster-sized aircraft in order to trick Airbus into developing a plane that is too large, so then Boeing could beat them in the market...

So Masterbates, is this what your ex looks like, albeit female?

All those so-called 'news" organizations are very political. Fox News, New York Times, MSNBC, CNN, CBS, ABC, etc...Fox will make sure to point out stuff the others don't or mistakes they make, and they'll point out things Fox won't and mistakes it makes.

Michael Crichton in his book "State of Fear" talks about the parallel of eugenics to global warming as well, it is a very interesting read. I highly recommend it, it will get you to think about the environment in new ways, and also the bibligography gives additional good books to read. The...

This could be a fraud, but if so, a damned good one it seems. Or it could be just being blown up to be more than it really is. One of the world's leading climate change alarmist outfits, the University of East Anglia's Climatic Research Unit, had their e-mail system hacked, and now around 61 MB...

As the debt increases, the interest that has to be paid on that debt will increase, and that is going to consume a larger and larger portion of the federal budget (probably defense), or force higher taxes (which will hurt the economy). On the stimulus, I am not so sure it has flopped. I think...

The thing is, most terrorist attacks done on this country in recent years have been done by Muslim extremists. And there hasn't been retaliation or backlashes against Muslims. 9/11 didn't create any even. I understand that people don't want to rush to judgement, but at the same time, I mean...

I am no expert on this, but from what I have read before, usually counter-insurgency wars take around nine to ten years to complete...? World War II was a conventional war, whereas Iraq and Afghanistan are unconventional wars. Also remember, the U.S. was still involved in Europe for awhile...

Very powerful.

I wasn't. My family has had experience with military doctors, some of whom were enormous incompetents, and some were fine. It depends. I also know some other people who have had varying experiences with military doctors and facilities. Also one cannot sue a government doctor if they mess up...

Not sure for general stuff, but I do not think I would want to go under the knife for any complicated surgery by a government doctor, unless they were among the very very best, like at Bathesda say.

Well I think that depends on who you ask. I know some vets who say the VA system is horrible and it being socialized medicine is pretty scary. Some others say it gives pretty good care. Medicare isn't per se "socialized" medicine, it's socialized health insurance, but private sector...

So some smaller things we could do that would likely lower costs are: 1) Either eliminate the tax exemption on employer-based health insurance or make this same exemption also apply to single purchasers as well 2) Eliminate the exemption to being subject to anti-trust laws that the health...

I couldn't be totally sure, so I said, "I think..." based on what Pelosi had said in the above video. However, as said, you really think NANCY PELOSI would be for eliminating income and sales taxes for a consumption tax?