Today's Lesson in Political Philosophy

[westwall]

I agree, we should do what the Japanese did with Hiroshima and apply it to Detroit. Massive government subsidies and throw in Universal Healthcare for good measure.

Obviously you've never been to Japan......

The "socialized" medical system in Japan is NOT like it's European counterparts. Everyone is "required" to buy government or private insurance, but that does not guarantee access to a doctor. The assignment of doctors is done by the universities. Big city hospitals have "relationships" with the schools, they get doctors. The small towns don't. Also, if you don't pay for the insurance you don't get care.

If you are over 70 years old your health care is free, all others pay either 5% or 10% of their income based on how much they make. No one gets a free ride except for the old (I almost qualify!) If you go to the hospital without a valid card, sorry, go somewhere else will be the reply. There is NO law saying that a hospital must treat you. I know of a half dozen cases where 6-7 hospitals have refused heart attack victims and the patients have died as the ambulance goes from hospital to hospital.

Also, there is no centralized "control". Nobody is keeping track of where medicines are needed, and the earthquake showed what a huge problem that is....

 

[kaz]

Detroit was never any more liberal than San Francisco,

and the San Francisco bay area is one of the richest most prosperous areas in America.

I've lived within 45 minutes of both. Ann Arbor, Michigan and San Jose, California. Detroit bit the hand that fed it. The auto industry was the basis of their rise. By implementing socialist, workers party policies, they drove out the base of their economy. That is why they were destroyed. There was nothing to replace most of their economy. BTW, San Francisco isn't "the bay area" it's a piece of it. And they have the tech boom driving that. And liberalism does harm their economy. The difference certainly isn't that their politicians are better than Detroit's.

Are you denying that the Bay area is one of the richest areas in this country and also one of the most liberal??

lol, you're still an idiot. Getting worse by the day.

Your response belies your claim who the idiot is. What about addressing what I said?