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The discourse on this site is great. No need to apologize for questioning anything. Here are my answers to your questions: 1. There is a big difference between
by weaksauce 17y ago
The discourse on this site is great. No need to apologize for questioning anything. Here are my answers to your questions:
1. There is a big difference between government intervention and government run organizations. Government run implies inefficiency and waste. There will always be people that game the system. I am well aware of that, but if all the government did was make it a non profit it would do a lot to mitigate against the mass profitering that is going on right now.
2. Sallie Mae no longer has any ties with the government and Freddie Mac is a government sponsored enterprise. In fact they were both set up as government sponsored enterprises when they first started. Enterprise implies an entity that is in it for the money.
As for your third question I do not know of any but it would be enlightening if someone knew of one.
- jwhitlark 17y agoHeh. Anecdote about govt. run organizations: My wife and I, upon being told that the US Post Office only offered a service between 10 and 4, commented that that was rather inconvenient for those of us with a 9 to 5 job. The response? "We're not here for your convenience." Wish I could have gone to someone who was...
- foldr 17y agoGovernment run implies inefficiency and waste Not always. In fact, existing government-run healthcare systems are much more efficient than the present US system.
- pjkundert 17y agoIf by "much more efficient", you mean "lethally long waiting times for treatment, limited choice and no means to estimate competency of treatment providers", then you are correct.
- foldr 17y agoNo, I mean much cheaper with better objective health outcomes. Or are you seriously suggesting that the current US system works better than (for example) the current UK system?