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- From: bright@nazgul.UUCP (Walter Bright)
- Newsgroups: pnw.general
- Subject: Re: Seattle City Light vs. Puget Power
- Message-ID: <1592@nazgul.UUCP>
- Date: 24 Jan 93 17:15:34 GMT
- References: <1585@nazgul.UUCP> <1993Jan21.053516.14470@fylz.wa.com>
- Reply-To: bright@nazgul.UUCP (Walter Bright)
- Organization: Zortech, Seattle
- Lines: 11
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- In article <1993Jan21.053516.14470@fylz.wa.com> fyl@fylz.wa.com (Phil Hughes) writes:
- /Personally I would
- /rather subsidize the cost of health care than the cost of putting
- /pepsi in aluminum cans. Isn't it more in the American spirit to be
- /able to say "everyone has access to health care in our country" than
- /"everyone saves $.05 on a can of pepsi"?
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- Neither should be subsidized. Subsidizing causes distortions and uneconomic
- choices in an economy. The American spirit, in my opinion, is individual
- freedom and individual responsibility. It isn't "subsidize my company"
- or "give me free health care".
-