And what do you have against communism? I mean... yeah, it never worked right, and its incredibly difficult to implement but.... Well, actually, the initial and after effects of the Communist Revolution in China could be considered a snippet of evidence for communism, but the Cultural Revolution in the middle was a big flop.
Well the idea is good, but it is impossible to do it right without being oppressive and corrupt, kind've like Utopia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Utopia_(book)
Hey, I love that book! I have an old copy on one of my bookshelves. (When I say old, I mean old) I must argue, that the two words, oppressive and corrupt, are not necessarily synonymous. A certain degree of oppressiveness is expected in a communistic government, but that's to be expected in any government, regardless of type. Corruption is the big problem, but if it could be removed, then one of the largest factors hindering a successful communist state would be removed.
multi million dollar vacations... every other week. when half of the American people like me, can't even afford to keep food in the fridge. lol >.<
I find it amusing when people think the Affordable Care Act is better than Obamacare, when Obamacare is just a nickname for Affordable Care Act... xD This should be on topic, because the government is shutting down because of a disagreement of the Act.
From a conceptual point of view though, as a non-American, I don't understand why so many Americans oppose free healthcare in principal. You have free education, and surely free education and free healthcare are effectively about on the same level of importance? It just makes no sense, in my opinion. Perhaps this "Obamacare" is indeed too complicated, but I assume the reason it's complicated is that Republicans would block anything that just simply gave some sort of free healthcare, on principal. The majority of "developed" countries have found some sort of way of introducing it, so it still makes no sense to me! I don't want to accuse another country of being corrupt, because that's quite rude, but what is being done does not seem to be in the country's interest at all, to me!