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Originally Posted by Angel Of Mercy
I don't talk through my halo, SITB, and just as I backed up ALL the rest of the information in that post, I can back up the statement with which you appear to take issue. Ready?
This comes from the recent book by Noam Chomsky--which I just happen to be reading at the moment--and which is rigorously documented. I quote from page 225, about halfway down:
"An NBC-Wall Street Journal poll found that "over 2/3 of all Americans thought the government should guarantee 'everyone' the best and most advanced health care that technology can supply"; a Washington Post-ABC News poll found that 80% regard universal health care as "more important than holding down taxes"; polls reported in Business Week found that 67% of Americans think it's a good idea to guarantee health care for all US citizens as Canada and Britain do, with just 2% dissenting' the Pew Research Center found that 64% of Americans favor the "US government guaranteeing health care for all its citizens, even if it means raising taxes..."
Now, unless you're prepared to argue with an esteemed gentleman who has more honorary degrees than you have fingers and toes, I would suggest it is YOUR statement which is "100% false."
Don't argue with me. I cheat. I use something called facts.
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Noam Chomsky is an avowed Communist. His opinions are heavily biased and therefore, lack true credibility. Secondly, his book is opinion, and does not constitute as fact.
Polling can be manipulative unless you know the particular questions asked and what he lists proves little.
'"over 2/3 of all Americans thought the government should guarantee 'everyone' the best and most advanced health care that technology can supply"'
Well of course most people said yes. At the base of it, that sounds great. The best health care for everyone. Few would say no. Now ask those same people if they want that system to be a single payer system with the government running everything. Your result will be quite different. Notice, he didn't list any questions like that, did he.
So no, it is not my statement that is 100% false. You have not refuted what I said. In fact, you confirmed it.
As I said before, only an idiot would want to give the government that kind of power over their lives, and such idiots don't deserve to live in a free society.