From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,9b30240b5a381bbf X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2002-08-27 03:38:24 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!syros.belnet.be!news.belnet.be!psinet-eu-nl!psiuk-p4!uknet!psiuk-p3!uknet!psiuk-n!news.pace.co.uk!nh.pace.co.uk!not-for-mail From: "Marin D. Condic" Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: OT: Software Economics was RE: Ada 95 for an ARM-based bare board? Date: Mon, 26 Aug 2002 10:25:30 -0400 Organization: Posted on a server owned by Pace Micro Technology plc Message-ID: References: <3D666253.5060408@cogeco.ca> NNTP-Posting-Host: dhcp-200-180.miami.pace.co.uk X-Trace: nh.pace.co.uk 1030371941 5623 136.170.200.180 (26 Aug 2002 14:25:41 GMT) X-Complaints-To: newsmaster@news.cam.pace.co.uk NNTP-Posting-Date: 26 Aug 2002 14:25:41 GMT X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2600.0000 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2600.0000 Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:28439 Date: 2002-08-26T14:25:41+00:00 List-Id: Except that when I buy insurance from a private company, I get to make a bunch of decisions - the first of which is whether or not I want to buy it at all. I can choose how much coverage I want, what terms and conditions I am willing to accept, who will provide the medical care, who will provide the insurance, how much I will pay, etc. If I am unhappy with the coverage I have, I can make choices and change things. When a government provides health care - choices go out the window. Quality goes down. Costs go up. Rationing takes place. etc. And it is a fundamental law of economics that health care is *never* going to reach 100% of the population so arguing it needs to come from government or some people will be left out will violate the laws of supply and demand. MDC -- Marin David Condic Senior Software Engineer Pace Micro Technology Americas www.pacemicro.com Enabling Digital. Our Vision is to be the biggest supplier worldwide of digital gateway technology. www.pacemicro.com "Preben Randhol" wrote in message news:slrnamk70m.2po.randhol+news@kiuk0156.chembio.ntnu.no... > > Well it is no excess of 50% as you say. Besides how much money do you > pay for insurance in case you have to go to the hospital? The system is > different here. Everybody will get medical care no matter if they have > money or not at a hospital. This is only one example. Education is > another. So you cannot simply compare it to the low tax rates you may > have you have to take into account what you have to pay to the different > other service suppliers too. >