11 Aug 2009
Will Health Care Reform Cure Stupidity?

I doubt it. First we had a nameless voter from South Carolina speaking his mind:

At a recent town-hall meeting in suburban Simpsonville, a man stood up and told Rep. Robert Inglis (R-S.C.) to "keep your government hands off my Medicare."

The good Congresscritter did his level best: "I had to politely explain that, 'Actually, sir, your health care is being provided by the government,' " Inglis recalled. "But he wasn't having any of it."

It's a scary thought to think of that fellow actually voting, but he's just one of the unwashed masses, perhaps we should give him a pass. Today, however, via Dispatches from the Culture Wars comes this editorial from Investors Business Daily, a supposed solid, if conservative, newspaper of record for the serious investor and budding capitalist. They were bemoaning the supposed "socialism" of Obama's plan (true enough) and then went on a rant about supposed health care "rationing" in the United Kingdom, where "quality of life" decisions allegedly decided who lives and who dies:

People such as scientist Stephen Hawking wouldn't have a chance in the U.K., where the National Health Service would say the life of this brilliant man, because of his physical handicaps, is essentially worthless.

Unfortunately for the argument, Dr. Hawking is a British citizen who has lived his entire life in the UK...

You can't make this shit up.

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