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Originally Posted by MS Fowler
. VFDs are totally voluntary.
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Why do you associate socialism with involuntary? Socialism can be voluntary/involuntary in the same way that capitalism can be voluntary/involuntary.
The VFD is socialist because it is a group of people joining together to obtain a goal which would be unobtainable without group organization. This is very similar to what would be accomplished with a public health care option. It's clear that low paid workers are unable to afford health insurance. (My health insurance runs $1100 per month for a family. How far above minimum wage would a person have to be to afford that in addition to living expenses?) How can universal health care coverage be achieved given this fact? Thru a public health care insurance system similar to what most other industrialized countries have instituted to achieve the same goal. Public options have (without exception I believe) provided universal health care at a lower cost than capitalized health care in the US.