Quote Originally Posted by Locke4God View Post
What you have to understand is that a free capitalist society with a democratic repulic where the government has limited responsibility, CAN NOT lead to a dictatorship. That's the entire goal of America, is to prevent a dictatorship from ever forming here.
Explain which countries with public health provision currently have dictatorships. In fact, America has a very unrepresentative democratic system - two parties!? Lesse, there's 7 in the NZ Parliament, and voting for a minor party or an independent is not throwing your vote away.

Also, WE'RE NOT COMMUNISTS! Besides, modern-day China, for all it's failings (and there are many), is the world's fastest-growing economy, and we all depend on it to get us out of the recession.

Thirdly, many of us don't want your freaking military. Your nuclear-powered ships are banned from New Zealand's waters, and that is not going to change anytime soon. No one would dare attack states that are simply non-aggressive (i.e. small military, using diplomacy instead of force). You fail to realise the fact that America is an aggressor, not some protector of freedom that the world looks to for it's salvation.

And the problem with your source, Locke, is that it is opinion polls. Sure, it is clear that "88% of Republicans and 67% of unaffiliated voters say middle-class tax hikes are very likely, just 29% of Democrats agree", but it doesn't give factual information. Just where have these opinions been informed? From watching FOX? Besides, even if tax rates increase, you must be aware that the benefit of this is that everyone will have free healthcare. I.e., you pay a small additional tax, and have the FREEDOM of being able to have treatment when you need it, without cost. Some people will 'lose' in this arrangement if they never require healthcare, but many will 'win', because they will pay less in taxes than what the treatment costs for them to access.

And the stuff that isn't opinion polls is horribly biased. Like this guy who says: "The price of freedom is that you will not be taken care of comprehensively. The price of being taken care of comprehensively is that you won't be free. You pays your price and you takes your choice. Down with Comprehensiveness! Up the Revolution! "