Neeum Zawan wrote:
> On 08/27/09 23:00, Chambers wrote:
>> To use your lifeboat analogy:
>> We are currently in a lifeboat built for 6 people. There are 4 people
>> who can't get in the lifeboat because its full.
>> The Federal Government wants to build a bigger lifeboat, so we can hold
>> those 4 people. This will cost everyone involved a small sum.
>> The private insurance companies, who build lifeboats for a living, don't
>> want the Government to build a lifeboat. They want to wait for those 4
>> people to be able to afford another lifeboat on their own, else just let
>> them drown.
> 
>     Yes, but it's in the interest of the people who build lifeboats to 
> artificially restrict the size of the lifeboats, and inflate prices.
> 

Personally, I'm more interested in the lives of the four people drowning 
than the pockets of the lifeboat builders.  Let them compete fairly, 
sure, but if we have a chance to build a bigger boat, we should go for it.

...Chambers

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