Dah .... WHAT!???
Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. Compares Public Health Care To Post Office
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A public (or "government-run") healthcare option for Americans would function similarly to the way the post office does, Rep. Jesse Jackson, Jr. (D-Ill.) suggested Tuesday night.
Jackson, in an appearance on CNN, said that just as the government-run post office keeps private mail carriers honest in their prices, so would the public option keep insurers honest.
"Look at it this way: There's Federal Express, there's UPS, and there's DHL," Jackson told CNN host Larry King. "The public option is a stamp; it's email. And because of the email system, because of the post office, it keeps DHL from charging $100 for an overnight letter, or UPS from charging $100 for an overnight letter."
Comment: Guess we need the government to have grocery stores, build cars (OK ... they do own Government Motors), too!
That was exactly what I was gonna say. Do we need government to have something in every private sector? That sounds an awful lot like another form of government...Besides that, isn't the post office like struggling to get above water?
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