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Board Politics & Society
Re: Why are people scared of taxes?
by
sturle
on 31/10/2012, 22:08:41 UTC
If e.g. the government provided free healthcare for all...
That's a monopoly, chummer. One that funds itself by force, no less.
No, it isn't!  You are free to provide healthcare for free or any price as a supplement or alternative to the public service.  Most countries with a public health service have private alternatives for those who want to pay for it.
I see. So Standard Oil wasn't a monopoly, then?
Standard Oil?  What do you think Standard Oil and free public health care have in common?  Did Standard Oil give away free oil?  Free public health care will not benefit at all from being a monopoly.  Quite the opposite.