If national health-care is not OK, why is socialized education?

There are many in the USA who do not like either. But for now, national healthcare is not a possibility. Obama was not elected to bring it in. He campaigned to make healthcare more affordable to all, not to bring in universal healthcare.

The US electorate are the people who need to decide if they wish to change things. If they knew the facts on the USA healthcare system, then change might come.

FACT - the USA spends more on healthcare PER PERSON than any other nation on the planet.

FACT - the US has higher death rates for kids aged under five than western European countries with universal health coverage.

That means that a dead American four year old would have had a better chance of life if they were born in Canada, France, Cuba, Germany, Japan etc, all of which have universal health coverage.

Very good answers. I am impressed. My solution would be to end capitalism when it comes to health care. Law suits drive up doctor and hospital costs. A panel set up in every state to decide if a lawsuit has merit or not and set ranges for payment if they do, would be a good start. Paying 6 or 7 dollars for a couple of Tylenol is ridiculous as are most hospital charges. Ever wonder why hospitals have an office designated only to take care of disputed bills? Doctors that demand you come in every few months to continue getting meds for high blood pressure are just wanting the office visit money. Taking a blood sample every 3 months to check blood sugar when you are checking it yourself is just a money making scheme. I don't mind doctors making a good living, they deserve, it but running people through like cattle is over the top. If they stopped this practice we wouldn't have to wait an hour to see one. Dentists that want to do an xray every other visit is the same thing .Everyone should be able to afford insurance. Even companies that provide group rates pay way too much which causes lower wages. A lot don't know it, but the workers 150 dollars a month for health insurance is a lot less than the companies share of it.

The answer is actually quite simple. Have you noticed how expansive real estate usually means great schools? This is because a lot of the money that school gets comes from the tax on property. This is a direct benefit that is limited to a very few people who pay for it. i.e. you pay high taxes so your kids can get a great education. However, universal health care would mean a tax on all citizens with the benefits distributed equally. Naturally, people are not willing to pay for the health care of strangers.

Wake up. Socialized education is not OK. People have been complaining for years. No one has been listening. They have been brainwashing our kids to be the socialized future of America. Why do you think half of America is OK with socialism?? They've be taught it's OK. And the compulsory school fee you talk about is called property tax and we all pay it through the nose.

Socialized education isn't OK too, but we've lost that battle a while ago. Actually a lot of the people who opt out of socialized education for their children are the same ones who made sure all of us pay for it.

Your right about that, but Rep's have been trying to change that for a while. They paid parents twice as much to keep them at home to teach them. Here in NV public schools pay for each kid is 213 dollars a month, home school pays 398 dollars a month for each kid.

It's makes me sick to see my tax dollars going to these parents because they buy new cars with the cash or up grade their homes and not teach their kid anything.

They are used to the educational system. That's part of it. Many like to rail against the "liberal education system". They don't want to give THAT up.

How's that school system working for us? Let me tell you, not too damn well. Our kids are among the dumbest on the planet as compared to other developed nations. Performance of the school system is a great example of why we should not socialize medicine.

Agreed. Greed is the reason, because there is money to be made of insurance companies taking all of our money than refusing to pay for our healthcare so we're left in shambles, but insurance companies are left rich and in charge of things. Sad but true. Plus the world socialist or socialize scares alot of people. . .

Because of Fat Cat insurance companies and their lobbyists.

And cons DO complain about socialized education, stick around, you'll see. They don't like it and they conveniently blame it on the unions, like they do with everything else except the mortgage meltdown, which they can't blame the unions because there isn't one so they blame the victims. Actually, I think they'd just prefer to keep education to themselves and not share it with anyone else especially someone with dark skin.

EDIT**** to spiveyracing to LMAO! "children are not as Brite as they once were." that's obvious from your post!