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Old 04-26-2009, 07:48 PM   #484
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Originally Posted by zerospinboson View Post
Neat list. However, I don't really see how that makes him qualified in the area in which you're using him as "authority", or why he would "know" that government will make a worse mess of everything over time, etc., nor how this somehow invalidates the second point of my post. And "refuting" my statement that I don't really see how that guy's opinion is relevant by introducing some facts about how he co-authored a military manual into the discussion is not an answer to that part, they're just red herrings.
It's not an "opinion" and I am not using him as an "authority." It's an aphorism. It is one which I find validated by my professional experience. That experience tells me that if we let government take over providing our health care, we will suffer the usual and predictable outcome stated by the aphorism.

The reason your statement was "refuted" was not to answer anything at all, but rather, to try to fill a gap in your knowledge.

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