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It goes for the elite, too. I truly think they do not understand the ramifications of eliminating the last freemarket medicine on earth. Or they do and do not consider it because that is in the future and those people think about the future abstractly in terms of bringing the perfect society to Man. They also tend to think that researchers will do their researching for love of Mankind and will work for free. All the other expenses, of which the pay of the personnel is not the major portion, will just disappear in the socialist utopia. They point to all the medical research going on in Switzerland and Germany which have their own socialized medical systems but that research is dơne for the American Market which is the only way it gets paid for. When the American Market is gone, so is medical research. In a government system medicine is just one expense that has to be balanced against Military and Welfare and the funds required to finance the extreme amount of corruption that is endemic to the system. Research offers no immediate benefits and will not be paid for or will be financed meagerly with funds that will mostly get diverted to politicians personal interests.

In a government system medicine is just one expense that has to be balanced against Military and Welfare and the funds required to finance the extreme amount of corruption that is endemic to the system.

In the 60's a book appeared about the defeasance of the French navy in WW II by an (embarrassed) former French officer, Pierre Auphan. Auphan pointed directly to the socialist schemes of the former Socialist government of France, for the material and training deficiencies that largely immobilized the French fleet during the War. He also made the point that the Socialists always intended social schemes to compete with defense priorities, as a way of deflating the latter and weakening the country.

IOW, social schemes are basically an engine for destroying nation-states from within.

Like most liberals, Klein thinks Medicaid will provide healthcare for the poor, but he doesn’t really care about the quality of the medical care they will be getting. By being in favor of it, he can assuage any guilt he may feel about being a member of the elite class while simultaneously professing his compassion for the less fortunate.

I hope the slimy piece of excrement known as Ezra Klein rots in hell.