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Doesn't seem to in Europe.
by theoneill 17y ago
Doesn't seem to in Europe.
- jrbedard 17y agonor as in Canada!
- myth_drannon 17y agoThe same applies to Canada. I don't think canadians are more enterprenual than americans
- cperciva 17y agoI don't think canadians are more enterprenual than americans Perhaps not; but we might be even less entrepreneurial without universal health care. I know I would never have started working on tarsnap if I was living in the US.
- r7000 17y agoI'd have been in a lot of trouble. I was very sick in my early 20s and from a not so well-off background. The doctor that got me back on track is world-renowned and I was able to waltz right in his office and see him for "free" like anyone else. If I lived in (most?) states I'd probably never even think of quitting my job.
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- dan_the_welder 17y agoGuess no one likes my sarcasm. I still feel like an alien in the US and I feel like an alien in Canada when I go home. It's lonely being an entrepreneur.
- tptacek 17y agoApples-to-oranges. Most European countries have many other obstacles to starting a business. It can be almost impossible to fire workers. Some places have mandatory short work weeks. France apparently has special police that monitor them! There have been onerous regulations about running small businesses from your house. The tax code is different and often less favorable to small businesses. And the cultural climate is "famously" hostile to entrepreneurs. You can't extrapolate the outcome of universal health care in the States from Europe's experience. The conclusion that universal health care would hurt entrepreneurship (or even fail to help it) remains counterintuitive.