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Originally Posted by MikeK
Sorry, I was in a rush before I had to go to a meeting. Scott was right, I was just pointing out one area where other countries have not dug themselves into such a hole. If you look at any other aspect of modern society, like healthcare, public education, energy use, etc, etc, there are examples around the globe of countries who are doing a better job at the moment. It can be done, but the decisions to make it happen are generally not popular in the short term, so the very nature of the political system here makes it hard to see any real long term progress on addressing problems.
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Troof. Americans seem to be afraid to "bite the bullet" for the greater good, so to speak. Everybody's so worried about short term circumstances, and they lose sight of the long term, positive effects of some changes.
I personally try to put things in terms I can relate to: There's another tech here at Nissan, an old Japanese guy, who's a REALLY awesome dude. His wife has some *serious* health problems. They typically have trouble affording the care she needs, which is frequently needed, to say the least.
I stop and think to myself: "if there were some kind of healthcare reform, that caused me to shell out a bit more from my paycheck, in order to help me AND people like this who I care about, that's something I can definitely live with in order to make things better for ALL of us in the long run."
Just my $0.02 I'm not big on politics by any means, but I've got my opinions...
