Originally posted here by rcgreen
What I disagree with is the idea that the government is
responsible for health care, and the inevitable logical
connection with their control of things that historically
were in the realm of personal liberty.
The fact is, that those who pay the bills will have control.
If this control is exercized in a mild and reasonable way
in Canada, that's good.
Yup, and in Canada, we pay the bills. The citizens in a democracy are the ones in control. If you feel America operates otherwise, perhaps moving to another country where you don't have those kinds of worries in order. From what your post reads, it sounds like you're in a Democratic Dictatorship, wherein you vote your dictatorship government in every four years.

After the last elections, I think the American democracy is a rather bad example of a democracy. If a president wins but had lots the popular vote, I fail to see how that makes him a president. More of your country voted for the other guy. So perhaps you have reason to see it that way.

Next they will outlaw tobacco.
The idealists and utopians will cheer.
We are engaged in a great civil war over drug use.
Much of the misery associated with drug use should really
be attributed to drug prohibition.

The only consequence of legalizing drugs would be that a lot of snotty
little fascists would have to get real jobs instead of being employed torturing
drug addicts.
No, they'd just get jobs for the government.