I agree with everything you've said. But I live in the EU, so the health care issue is covered by the taxes I pay; regardless of where I pay them. I hail from

I agree with everything you've said. But I live in the EU, so the health care issue is covered by the taxes I pay; regardless of where I pay them. I hail from the UK, but I've lived and worked across the EU. In fact, even if I weren't paying taxes, my health care, and that of my dependants and anyone else, would be covered. So, on this side of the pond, this elephant is absent. That said, USians' resistance to universal health care mystifies me only a little less than their returning Bush Jnr for a second term. How can any civilized nation justify the rejection of universal health care?