MY ADOPTEE:
1. I can only speak for the rabid Dean supporters in my locale, but I'm not sure I've ever seen any of them drinking coffee. I believe I had an argument with a Deaniac friend of mine about the merits of Fair Trade Coffee, which suggests to me that they probably don't frequent Starbuckses.
Though I suppose Becky, if she's reading, could probably answer that question for me. I might do some research on this one.
2. In an otherwise reasonable post on why raising taxes might not be a bad idea, Matt makes the following assertion:
"This is a good opportunity to point out, however, that "socialized" medical systems are cheaper than the American status quo..."
My recollection of my British History class where we discussed the formation of Britain's National Health Service confirms this insight, but adds a caveat: socialized medicine is cheaper now, but by removing market incentives and mucking up the process by which new technologies fail or succeed, the costs in the long term, would, I think inevitably, be much higher.
"Thou shalt not extinguish thine anger, but shall master it,
that thy conscience may not be blunted by adjustment
to wrong causes."
-The Dutch Ten Commandments to Foil the Nazis
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