Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/3/84; site talcott.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!bonnie!akgua!mcnc!philabs!cmcl2!seismo!harvard!wjh12!talcott!gjk From: gjk@talcott.UUCP (Greg J Kuperberg) Newsgroups: net.politics Subject: Re: Re: Re: Criticism of Dutch Government Message-ID: <172@talcott.UUCP> Date: Thu, 6-Dec-84 17:13:58 EST Article-I.D.: talcott.172 Posted: Thu Dec 6 17:13:58 1984 Date-Received: Sun, 9-Dec-84 06:29:59 EST References: <1203@dciem.UUCP> <28100020@uicsl.UUCP> <6216@mcvax.UUCP> Organization: Harvard Lines: 23 > 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? ... > Steven Pemberton, CWI, Amsterdam; steven@mcvax Of course there's nothing wrong with it. No one has to pay for it. The money appears out of thin air, and revitalizes the economy, which is an added benifit of free medical care. Next thing you know, they'll be demanding free housing, free cars, free TV sets, free space shuttles... --- Greg Kuperberg harvard!talcott!gjk "Madam, there is only one important question facing us, and that is the question whether the white race will survive." -Leonid Breshnev, speaking to Margaret Thatcher.