You forgot the communists right on our own northern border, Canada.

Charles
'85 Westy

At 11:13 PM 9/13/01 +0000, John Pronk wrote:
>Most western countries outside of the USA have "free" health care as you
>call it. They are not communist countries.
>They believe society should share the cost of providing a basic health
>care level for all its citizens. This is achieved through taxes or levies
>of some kind. They do not believe that a basic level of health care should
>be directly related to the size of your wallet. The same applies to education.
>By your definition the following countries are communist
>UK
>Germany
>Australia
>New Zealand
>Netherlands
>Switzerland
>Ireland
>Austria
>Denmark
>Sweden
>Norway
>France
>etc etc etc.
>This must mean you are the only non communist country in the world!
>Regards
>John.
>----- Original Message -----
>From: <mailto:pederparizek@QWEST.NET>pederparizek
>To: <mailto:vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
>Sent: Thursday, September 13, 2001 20:54
>Subject: Re: America
>
>These people are not bums, they are communists. These are the same people
>that want the government to give us free health care (communism). What's
>next free housing, free cars, free food. Everyone needs to realize that
>just because it is free to you, means that someone else is paying for it.
>Here in America we pay for what we want.
>Peace out,
>Peder
>'84 Westy
>If I may add to what you wrote, selling on the list is allowed on the list.
>So anyone who complains about it is on weak footing.
>
>I sell things occasionally it's a service to the Vanagon community. No one
>except communists or bums expect it for free. even when I have been broke, I
>chose to go without rather than beg.
>So, we bring back the meaning of the term bum-a person who is not willing to
>work for what he wants, and thinks everyone owes him a living, or vanagon
>parts for free.
>
>But the politically correct way of addressing them is now(homeless). My Mom
>used to warn when I was young-"you don't want to become like the bums on skid
>road, do you"?Bums!
>I have got a lot of vanagon stuff free-does that make me a bum? Well, we used
>to have a junkyard, and stuff was free on the hulked vanagons heading to the
>crusher...
>
>Robert K
>1982 Westfalia

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