Quote Originally Posted by maladroit
socialist innuendo is another way of saying socialist insinuation...you are insinuating that i am a socialist...that is attributing a position to me that is not really my position, which is the meaning of straw man fallacy:
Fallacy: Straw Man
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ABSOLUTELY YES! in canada's case, a high deficit would affect the government's ability to provide social programs to support lower and middle class (about half of canadian social program spending benefits the middle class whose economic well being is essential to the strength of the general economy)...a high deficit would affect the government's ability to fund universal health care which is an important contributor to standard of living...a high deficit would affect the government's ability to fund education, research and development, science and technology which contribute to a skilled workforce, productivity, and competitives...a high deficit would affect the government's ability to fund civilian infrastructure maintenance like highways and airports which facilitate economic activity...a high deficit would affect the government's ability to enforce regulations such as workplace health and safety, food safety, pollution, etc...all these things affect our standard of living
Did you say this? If so, you lean towards socialism... Socialist

the world health organization health care ranking and the commonwealth report are both based on health care outcome figures, not subjective opinions...are you suggesting those two organizations fabricated data to make the usa look bad?
The point system favors UHC countries.

you dismiss the WHO data because it is 'subjective', and then provide a link to an opinion piece from the cato institute whose mission statement reads:
"The mission of the Cato Institute is to increase the understanding of public policies based on the principles of limited government, free markets, individual liberty, and peace."
It was my intention to provide an opinion piece, to give you an idea what free market capitalists believe. It is not surprising that you disagree with it:thumbsup:

i think i detect a possible subjective bias in that brief cato commentary on universal health care's dirty secret...that cato article mentioned only three facts about the 3 countries that have universal health care, and only ONE fact about the US health care system...the commonwealth report measured 37 different indicators of health care outcomes across 23 countries...the WHO report involved more analysis than 4 snippets of data in a single page article
Possibly, but i was not the one claiming one system was better than the other. Only that i would prefer a free market orientated system. You lose again...:jointsmile: