Re: Global Warming - a Liberal Scam?, (was Huge study about safety can be misinterpreted by SUV drivers)

Lloyd Parker wrote:

> In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
>    "David J. Allen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> >"Brent P" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
> >news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >> In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Bill Putney wrote:
> >>
> >> > I think z would go for the California model for "conservation" wherein
> >> > you legally ban the building of power generation facilities, then, when
> >> > the demand far outstrips the supply capacity, the price for energy goes
> >> > up so high that everyone turns their a.c. off because they can't afford
> >> > to run them - everybody wins because, once again, everyone is forced
> >> > down to the same level of misery - equality achieved at last.  Oh one
> >> > catch - the people responsible aren't even allowed to finish out their
> >> > term due to the anger of the recipients of the benevolence of the
> >> > government.
> >>
> >> You forgot the best aspect. The rich elites can still afford the
> >> higher rates and can keep their AC on without any supply problems.
> >>
> >>
> >Reminds me of my experience in a country a few years ago that had "free"
> >(i.e., rationed)  medical care for all.  The demand for care outstripped the
> >supply and the only people who got decent medical care were the people with
> >money, who could pay for a private doctor.  Everyone else had to go wait in
> >line at the clinic and hope for decent care.
>
> As opposed to here, where if you don't have insurance, or aren't rich, you
> either go bankrupt or do without any care?

Again Lloyd, not true, except perhaps in your alternate reality, where (unnamed)
people in this group are Taliban that stone women for learning to read and shoot
as US troops .  Hospitals may not turn people away for care by law.