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::However, this debate is not really over the whether taxation is theft or not, but over whether or not the government should be providing universal health care from taxpayer's compulsorily-acquired money. On that point, I agree with Karajou that the Bible is not talking about government support for the poor, but ''individual'' support for the poor. So his reversions were justified on those grounds.
::However, this debate is not really over the whether taxation is theft or not, but over whether or not the government should be providing universal health care from taxpayer's compulsorily-acquired money. On that point, I agree with Karajou that the Bible is not talking about government support for the poor, but ''individual'' support for the poor. So his reversions were justified on those grounds.
::[[User:Philip J. Rayment|Philip J. Rayment]] 20:39, 6 July 2007 (EDT)
::[[User:Philip J. Rayment|Philip J. Rayment]] 20:39, 6 July 2007 (EDT)
== Canada ==
I don't like controversy or controversial articles, but I saw this in RC and I just couldn't let [http://www.conservapedia.com/index.php?title=Universal_health_care&diff=226677&oldid=226670 this] go. Canada's health care system isn't quite that simplistic. The situation is that Canadian citizens cannot jump the queue on health care. For-pay services exist (and are regularly used by non-citizens, such as myself), and are available to citizens (who regularly purcase supplementary insurance), but service providers must charge a fixed rate and handle patients in a specifically regulated order.
That said, I probably won't write a section on universal health care in Canada for this article, as it's going to be a magnet for controversy. Besides the American controversy, it was a major issue in the last Canadian national election, and when the Conservative coalition inevitably falls apart, it's going to be an issue in the next one. I just wanted to fix that glib inaccuracy. [[User:AManInBlack|AManInBlack]] 12:23, 11 July 2007 (EDT)