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In reply to the discussion: I'll ask it more simply: can the government be trusted? [View all]Recursion
(56,582 posts)99. I was condensing where an earlier OP went
I don't see the unrelated stuff you're taking about. If the government is a wretched hive of scum and villainy, the last thing we should do is let HHS know when err go to the doctor
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Expanding government to help the poor, protect us from predatory corporations, etc.
alarimer
Jun 2013
#113
I don't know about "objective"; the impetus was my seeing people here saying they have no trust...
Recursion
Jun 2013
#10
Then why the hell are we even *talking about* the Government running health care?
Recursion
Jun 2013
#17
It means being able to observe the flow of funds, contracts, payouts, wait times per procedure, etc.
NoOneMan
Jun 2013
#31
OK, but a President Santorum would still have the capability to get your health record
Recursion
Jun 2013
#33
And if I use a phone company to call a number, that fact isn't going to be private
Recursion
Jun 2013
#85
No One wants the government to "run health care" we just want them to act as a single payer
Dragonfli
Jun 2013
#49
I have studied single payer and living just across the river from Ft. Erie Canada,
Dragonfli
Jun 2013
#78
I'm talking about government as payer and even then obviously you must have safeguards,
TheKentuckian
Jun 2013
#93
In a democracy the people should neither trust nor fear their government.
Tierra_y_Libertad
Jun 2013
#16
Hell no. There can be no democracy without transparency and accountability.
limpyhobbler
Jun 2013
#24
Do you realize that if you are the only one not "getting it", maybe the routine is getting boring?
NoOneMan
Jun 2013
#35
I'm hardly the only DUer troubled by libertarian talking points on this board (nt)
Recursion
Jun 2013
#39
Social libertarianism has been an intrinsic part of the Democratic Party for ages
NoOneMan
Jun 2013
#46
A better question is: Should the government be based on the trust of those in power?
Salviati
Jun 2013
#30
I trust it more than your average tea partier does, but less than I used to. As a liberal,
pampango
Jun 2013
#38
Everyone who votes no or hell no needs to stop whining about single payer. Now.
DevonRex
Jun 2013
#57
Only a moron would place their trust in the government--any government.
DisgustipatedinCA
Jun 2013
#60
You seem to be very 'bagger-controlled. I'm just not. Have fun with it.
DisgustipatedinCA
Jun 2013
#81
Yeah I'm not worried about SS or publuc option as they aren't doing anything evil.
sibelian
Jun 2013
#68
Neither is the connection they're drawing between the IRS being the agency who "implements"
DevonRex
Jun 2013
#74
I think it's possible (and preferable) to be able to trust government, but our system....
OneGrassRoot
Jun 2013
#65
My opinion is that when the cheating and lying party became successful in cheating on elections
Cleita
Jun 2013
#75
Depends on what we're talking about, of course. Can they be trusted to inspect food?
Marr
Jun 2013
#91
Oh but that's NO FAIR! You won't play along w OP's silly, childishly reductive game
kenny blankenship
Jun 2013
#94
The control of our government by profit motivated wealthy private interests makes the government
Zorra
Jun 2013
#95
That's a good distinction, though I haven't seen many departments where the pol side has much power
Recursion
Jun 2013
#109