PeachParts Mercedes-Benz Forum - View Single Post - Public Roads, Public Parks, and the Public Health Care Option

pawoSD · #8 08-24-2009, 12:44 AM

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Originally Posted by Hatterasguy

Trash and water are a profitable business.

Taxpayers are already broke, and the government is running deep into the red. We can't afford public healthcare.

Not around here its not. We have a public water/sewer system that only charges a rate high enough to cover their yearly operating costs/budget. It is an excellent system, and Grand Rapids has some of the cleanest tap water in the country/world. We were even the first to add fluoride and massively reduce cavities.

Trash is both a public and private option. The city runs a very inexpensive public trash system (non-profit), about $1.75-2 or so to throw away a big 50 gallon bag of trash. There are several private companies as well. Proof that public and private can operate just fine alongside each other. I generally use the public option.

Mowing the right of ways along highways is done to keep visibility up, and to keep things from looking like a strip of pavement through a forest or prairie! Duh.

Look at how much $$ they put into public appearance services in Germany, that is one beautiful/clean looking place.

The first post in this thread summed it up perfectly. People use tons of public things every day, perhaps they should stop and think about that. Everyone gets equal use of the sidewalks, roads, freeways and parks....so why not healthcare too? It should at least be available to those who want it. I'd sure be taking part in it if it came into existence. All the idiots who think it is the downfall of the country are just that, idiots. They can keep their expensive private healthcare if they so please, but let the rest of us who can't afford or obtain such services have a public option.