No escape from corruption

[bludragon]

"The insanity of [the US health care] system can be summed up in one little observation: Our health care system is far more expensive than the Canadian system (or that of any other modern country’s), covers far fewer people as a percentage of the total population, and despite having a worse climate Canadians have a longer life expectancy."

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Comments

[little_e_]

Transportation systems seem to do particularly poorly in corporate hands.

[bludragon]

Yeah.

I think you could make that statement about any public service. Greed and the common good simply do not get along.

[little_e_]

Depends on how we define 'public service.' Private schools seem to do pretty well. I think the problem lies primarily in areas where monopolies essentially exist--and transportation is definitely a good example of that.