Healthcare & the founding fathers

Oh gee, the founding fathers supported Socialized Healthcare.... Including the requirement to buy healthcare, of course they didn't have the tax breaks we have today...

http://blogs.forbes.com/rickungar/2011/01/17/congress-passes-socialized-medicine-and-mandates-health-insurance-in-1798/

the law itself

http://www.scribd.com/doc/29099806/Act-for-the-Relief-of-Sick-DisabledSeamen-July-1798


Spread the word, because I want my fucking insurance exchange now!!!!

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the only one who "takes advantage" of anyone is government workers using the monopoly of "justice" and force.
Nope. The robber barons of the 19^th century took advantage of people, and the economy was arguably much more free market than it is today. This was also around the time from the expiration of the Second Bank of the United States, to the establishment of the Federal Reserve, so they didn't even have a central bank to pump in credit to fund their bullshit, so the idea that the government and only the government is the problem, is fallacious.

And people/companies allied with government.
That's an issue of campaign reform, lobbying and lack of transparency. True, the government can't be relied on to give complete transparency and third parties and whistle-blowers are important to counter this. Governments are not infallible, and they're prone to be abusive just like corporations, just like banks, &c.