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Originally Posted by costello
I'm still trying to figure us out.
The first time someone told me that taxation was slavery, I was astonished but I thought it was just hyperbole. This guy does tend to be a bit dramatic. He's the one who called me 'evil' for being a liberal - and keep in mind 'liberal' here is anything not at the extreme right. But then I heard others saying the same thing. Slavery! Do these people not know what slavery is?
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I know a reasonably well-educated American family who live in the UK and who swear up, down and sideways that nationalised healthcare is a form of slavery for doctors, nurses, etc. I can't do anything but giggle when they start that line of argument because it's just so absurd.
Also I've met a large number of Americans who insist that US health care is better because "When you get [cancer, diabetes, heart disease, etc.] in America, you live! You always hear about people dying in the National Health Service".
