On Jun 17, 2009, at 10:43 AM, Mark Rickling wrote:
> On Wed, Jun 17, 2009 at 10:40 AM, Michael Pollak <mpollak at panix.com>
> wrote:
>
>>
>> On Wed, 17 Jun 2009, Wojtek Sokolowski wrote:
>>
>> The best proof of that is that no truly national social program has
>> ever
>>> been established in this country. Every social program that came to
>>> existence involved some form of dicking around with "public-private
>>> partnerships" i.e. pork and barrel for local interest groups,
>>> political
>>> patronage etc.
>>>
>>
>> Social security?
>>
> Medicare?
Still relies heavily on private contractors and supplementation with private insurance.
Doug