Originally Posted By: britneyspearsatemyshorts
you posted an anecdotal article didnt you


Actually, in this case, no. We discussed what "anecdotal" meant several months ago.

 Originally Posted By: the G-man
... the "anecdotal evidence" [in the articles I cited] appears simply as an illustration of a broader trend or study which is described elsewhere in the article (for example: a study by the Frasier Institute).

If anything, stories you've "heard" of "people" are more likely to be the exception than the accounts in the press, for the reasons noted above.


To date, the best you've come up with to justify government conscription of sixteen percent of our nation's economy is little more than your belief that some doctors you know make a lot of money and some friends of yours can't afford a level of health care that you think is necessary and appropriate.

If that's your basis for the government taking over a business (personal knowledge of successful providers and some people who can't afford the service), then you might as well nationalize every business in the country.

Which is a very whomodian position.