I’m not sure I buy your premise, Gene. Our sea ports are controlled by the federal government. Everything else you mention (with the exception of education and airport security) is private industry.
We have a vested interest in seeing our government grant management of the ports to companies who can run them the most efficiently. We save tax dollars when that happens. And since we’re only granting management rights for unloading/loading, etc. (not security) I really don’t see what the problem is.
When does it all stop. Aren’t we eating our seed corn?
Hyperbole, I don’t know. We’ll see.
And, the ports deal opens the door futher. We are becoming a global colony.
Gene - 08:03am on 03/04/2006
No, we’re joining a global economy...and that’s inevitable.
Maybe the fact that many of our domestic companies can’t stand up to their foreign competitors should tell us a thing or two about tax burdens, regulation and labor unions in this country.
Rob - 08:03am on 03/04/2006
I’m not even gonna try here.
FreeRepublicans.com - 10:03am on 03/04/2006
Let the Canadians manage health care? Are you f---ing kidding me??
As a Canadian, let me just point out that we have what is one of the most ineptly-run public health systems, especially when considering the G-8. The joke is, Every Canadian has the right to stay on a waiting list for public health care, free of charge, until the day they die.
Brilliant! We’ll all be rock stars. Division of labor rules!
Chip - 12:03pm on 03/04/2006
Ok, I thought I could stay out of this but I can’t.
All remaining domestic auto production in American we should sell to the Japanese.
Any remaining heavy manufacturing, sell to the Chinese.
Our health care system we should see to the Canadians (they do so much better).
Our money-losing airlines (outside of Southwest)? Sell them to the Germans.
This has been the goal of socialists the worldwide since the 1880s. This is what the One World Government types preach.
This is Communism at its purest. By making ourselves dependant on others, we have no control over our future.
I know that people have disagreed with me in the past, but if you don’t concider this thinking to be Communist, than you have deeper issues.
****I hope the original post was meant to be sarcastic.****
FreeRepublicans.com - 01:03pm on 03/04/2006
DocDave,
There will be changes, given motions by three powerful provinces in the direction of private care, as well as a PM amenable to those things, especially in wake of the Chaoulli decision. But it’s important to remember that Chaoulli is specific only to Quebec, not Canada.
I’m not saying it’s hopeless. I’m saying that when our most "groundbreaking" leaders go to places like Sweden and Japan to learn how do to health care, maybe that’s the model to follow (if any) and not the Canadian model. Don’t knock off those doing knockoffs, that kinda thing.
Jarrett - 01:03pm on 03/04/2006
Free, you apparently didn’t read the whole post:
There is a limit, revealed only by hyperbole, to the whole "someone else can do it better than we can" idea. Some things need to be done here even if we do it badly.
Gene was using hyperbole to make a point. I believe he is actually on your "side" on this issue.
Though I’d point out that wanting a free global economy has nothing to do with wanting one government.
Rob - 02:03pm on 03/04/2006
Many American firms operate facilities in other countries, it’s part of having a global economy.
Canadian Health care, though, is about as good as the British National Health Service - incredibly costly, managed by everyone and therefore noone, and a model of how not to run a business. They have more administrators in the NHS than Doctors and Nurses. I was a patient in this ‘system’ for many years before coming to the US, and I can vouch for its utter uselessness.
I’m not sure I buy your premise, Gene. Our sea ports are controlled by the federal government. Everything else you mention (with the exception of education and airport security) is private industry.
We have a vested interest in seeing our government grant management of the ports to companies who can run them the most efficiently. We save tax dollars when that happens. And since we’re only granting management rights for unloading/loading, etc. (not security) I really don’t see what the problem is.
Hyperbole indeed.
I’m a little cranked and probably over the top on this. Last year the city of Chicago sold it’s Skyway toll road to some foreign investors. Now the news is they want to sell Midway Airport to some overseas operation.
Are we as a nation competent to run ANYTHING?
When does it all stop. Aren’t we eating our seed corn?
Hyperbole, I don’t know. We’ll see.
And, the ports deal opens the door futher. We are becoming a global colony.
No, we’re joining a global economy...and that’s inevitable.
Maybe the fact that many of our domestic companies can’t stand up to their foreign competitors should tell us a thing or two about tax burdens, regulation and labor unions in this country.
I’m not even gonna try here.
Let the Canadians manage health care? Are you f---ing kidding me??
As a Canadian, let me just point out that we have what is one of the most ineptly-run public health systems, especially when considering the G-8. The joke is, Every Canadian has the right to stay on a waiting list for public health care, free of charge, until the day they die.
See this for a pretty standard example.
Brilliant! We’ll all be rock stars. Division of labor rules!
Ok, I thought I could stay out of this but I can’t.
This has been the goal of socialists the worldwide since the 1880s. This is what the One World Government types preach.
This is Communism at its purest. By making ourselves dependant on others, we have no control over our future.
I know that people have disagreed with me in the past, but if you don’t concider this thinking to be Communist, than you have deeper issues.
****I hope the original post was meant to be sarcastic.****
DocDave,
There will be changes, given motions by three powerful provinces in the direction of private care, as well as a PM amenable to those things, especially in wake of the Chaoulli decision. But it’s important to remember that Chaoulli is specific only to Quebec, not Canada.
I’m not saying it’s hopeless. I’m saying that when our most "groundbreaking" leaders go to places like Sweden and Japan to learn how do to health care, maybe that’s the model to follow (if any) and not the Canadian model. Don’t knock off those doing knockoffs, that kinda thing.
Free, you apparently didn’t read the whole post:
Gene was using hyperbole to make a point. I believe he is actually on your "side" on this issue.
Though I’d point out that wanting a free global economy has nothing to do with wanting one government.
Many American firms operate facilities in other countries, it’s part of having a global economy.
Canadian Health care, though, is about as good as the British National Health Service - incredibly costly, managed by everyone and therefore noone, and a model of how not to run a business. They have more administrators in the NHS than Doctors and Nurses. I was a patient in this ‘system’ for many years before coming to the US, and I can vouch for its utter uselessness.