L'altre dia discutia amb un conegut, entre una mar de tòpics, sobre la meva simpatia pels republicans. El seu valuosíssim argument era que els republicans "deixen morir la gent pobra pels carrers". Fart de sentir bestieses i de picar contra la paret una vegada i una altra, vaig decidir abandonar la conversa. Aquests són els meus motius (potser si ho llegeix ho entén d'una santa vegada, tot i que és ser molt optimista).
Això és el que diu John Edwards sobre la sanitat:
"It requires that everybody be covered. It requires that everybody get preventive care. If you are going to be in the system, you can't choose not to go to the doctor for 20 years. You have to go in and be checked and make sure that you are OK". En resum: 1984
Això és el que diu Giuliani:
"Most Republicans believe in expanding individual choice and decision-making. I believe we can reduce costs and improve the quality of care by increasing competition. We can do it through tax cuts, not tax hikes. We can do it by empowering patients and their doctors, not government bureaucrats. Instead of being more like Europe, we need to be more like America".
"We need to begin by bringing fairness to the tax treatment of healthcare. The current tax system penalizes millions -- including the rising ranks of the self-employed and 40 percent of employees at small firms -- who pay for insurance on their own and receive no tax benefit".
"We want to empower individuals, not the government. The future of America's healthcare system lies in free-market solutions, not socialist models. We can increase individual choice and decrease costs by increasing competition, encouraging innovation while always compassionately caring for people in need".
Ho entens ara??!!