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Originally posted by Hank Chinaski
You take a similar line as Fringe.
We can't as a society say we expect a job to always come with health care, and 1 we want to buy a foreign car if we want, 2 and we want to shop for the cheapest price for goods and services. There are inconsistant desires. Actually, 2 isn't inconsistant, it'll just be tough to achieve. see Man of La Mancha.
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Not true. If we as a labor force are unwilling to work for employers who don't provide health care then we will actually all buy foreign cars if the American manufacturers can't make money selling cars if they have to pay for health insurance. Similarly, we will find our less durable goods being made overseas if the manufacturers cannot provide both goods and pay health care.
But of course, we know that isn't really the case, don't we Hank? The costs of labor and employee benefits in Germany, Italy, the UK, etc. are much higher than they are in the US. And BMWs, Ferraris, and Bentleys are still better made than Cavaliers and Jeeps.
It isn't the health insurance. It's the multi-millioin dollar compensation packages for CEOs who lose money and the corporate managements who refuse to seriously bargain with the health care industry because it's sheaper and easier to lay off line workers or reincoporate in Bermuda.
