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From: steven@mcvax.UUCP (Steven Pemberton)
Newsgroups: net.politics
Subject: Re: Re: Criticism of Dutch Government
Message-ID: <6216@mcvax.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 3-Dec-84 11:05:23 EST
Article-I.D.: mcvax.6216
Posted: Mon Dec  3 11:05:23 1984
Date-Received: Thu, 6-Dec-84 05:03:36 EST
References: <1203@dciem.UUCP> <28100020@uicsl.UUCP>
Reply-To: steven@mcvax.UUCP (Steven Pemberton)
Organization: CWI, Amsterdam
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In article <28100020@uicsl.UUCP> pollack@uicsl.UUCP writes:
> CBS's "60 Minutes" did a piece called "Dutch Treat", in which they examined
> the folly of "socialism". They showed [...lots of DREADFUL things deleted...]
> free medical care, ...

Well, to my knowledge, Holland doesn't have free medical care, alas. But
what on earth is wrong with it? A whole nation being healthy without
worrying how they're going to pay for it? Terrible! As an acquaintance of
mine, an English brain-surgeon, said "any system where doctors have an
interest in people being ill, isn't in those people's interest".  Too right.
Part of my definition of civilisation is free health care (another part is
unarmed police).

Steven Pemberton, CWI, Amsterdam; steven@mcvax