AM I A Socialist Like Bernie Saunders?
Daily Journal (Opinion)Jul 31, 2011“AM I A Socialist Like Bernie Saunders?” was a question someone, who friended me on FB, asked. I think my answer to her is worth publishing here…
Thank you Jennifer. I am not a socialist, per se. I do believe, however, that the government “could be” better able to provide us with certain services. Neither individuals, communities, nor even states should be responsible for putting together a plan for an interstate highway system. I also know that is is counter intuitive to give an entity your money to take care of you when you become sick or injured, when paying for that care conflicts with that entity’s bottom line.
If everyone in this country who is, in any small way, able to pay for medical insurance were to join ONE plan, then this country could provide low cost health care to everyone. Especially so, if the administration of that plan did not have a goal of turning a profit. The idea of someone, like a healthy young person, not needing medical insurance does not fly. The number
