Comments on: Friday movie roundup – June 29

By: Young Doctor

Young Doctor — Mon, 02 Jul 2007 04:54:37 +0000

I’m a surgeon. I’ve lived in England and worked at VA hospitals here in the US. I would NOT want to trade health care systems with the British and I would not let anyone in my family go to the VA. The two biggest problems with healthcare right now are the cost of illegal immigrants and lawsuits. We need tort reform and immigaration law reform.

By: Eric D. Snider

Eric D. Snider — Mon, 02 Jul 2007 02:34:12 +0000

For the record, Moore does not conclude his movie at the tomb of Karl Marx. The film actually concludes with Moore on the steps of the U.S. Capitol, which looks nothing like Marx’s tomb, so I’m not sure how you’d get them mixed up.

There is a shot halfway through the film where Moore stands in front of Marx’s tomb in London. It’s where he’s just been talking about how America already has many socialized programs — public schools, libraries, police departments, etc. — and then, over the shot of Marx’s tomb, he says, “Why don’t we have more of these free, socialized things, like healthcare?” Showing Marx is meant to be ironic, because the very next thing we see is a former member of British Parliament talking about how it was democracy that led to the English wanting universal healthcare.

By: Dennis

Dennis — Mon, 02 Jul 2007 00:43:40 +0000

Shame on you Eric. There is a reason GE at BYU includes Economics. Did you coast through that one? The only way you could describe his modest proposal as “Perfectly level-headed, rational, and considerate of both sides,” is if you were ignorant of the last 200 years of economics. The reason why Canada’s system has the negatives it does is precisely because it has all the supposed virtues Moore extolls. If you increase demand and institute price controls you will cause scarcity. That’s the way it works and none of his gadfly mockery will change that. There is a reason that he concludes his movie at the tomb of Karl Marx. He still thinks that central planning works. Apparently you do to.