>American conservatism is authoritarian. That's funny, I don't see how you got there though. Liberals seem to engage in authoritarian tactics quite often from

>American conservatism is authoritarian. That's funny, I don't see how you got there though. Liberals seem to engage in authoritarian tactics quite often from what I can see. Demands for censorship seems to come from there. >Why do you believe your taxes going up is a problem when you will be paying much less overall? And then they counter with: If people will get better healthcare then somebody will have to pay for it. I like my current healthcare, so I'm going to be the one that has to pay for those other people. Now the onus is on you to prove to them that their costs won't increase. You'll find it very difficult, because those costs probably will increase. >The clarifying factor where you hold the cards and knowledge, and they don't (and therefore feel shame) is the simple fact that universal, taxpayer-funded healthcare is far cheaper than private healthcare. What's your evidence for that? Because if you're going to cite other countries then you also have to keep in mind that they have a completely different structure for healthcare outside of whether the government pays for it or not. The US does more biomedical research than other countries, doctors are paid more, more treatments are available etc. I don't think it's nearly as easy to try to convince someone that universal healthcare is cheaper or better. Also, when you say universal what do you mean? Universal, where everyone gets it or the 'universal' that some (many?) countries do, where you have to be employed and pay over a certain amount of tax to get healthcare or healthcare is predicated on you having mandatory insurance?