A Point Undervalued? Public Option Would Create Jobs.

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Friday August 21, 2009 · 10:14 AM PDT

2009/08/21 · 10:14

I'm basically a lurker here - I check in daily, following along with interest and sometimes silently cheering on my American neighbours, other times offering up comments that don't really add much of real value to the conversation, and every once in a while submitting a post that's actually somewhat helpful. I've never pulled the trigger on a diary, and wasn't going to this time either were it not for a bit of encouragement to do so based on a recent comment (I guess my arm twists easier than I thought!). Given that I find the strength of the writing talent here pretty intimidating, what I'm going to do is basically just repost my comments with a little more dressing up - apparently I did alright there, and I don't want to sabotage that. :)

To get to the undervalued point in the debate: universal health care here in Canada gives us a distinct competitive advantage compared to the U.S. from the standpoint of labour costs. Now, I'm reasonably certain that I won't convince those on the vocal right, but if they were to be true to their self described fiscal conservatism, they'd at least take an honest look at the data.

Thanks to GN1927 and 2laneIA for giving me a kick start with this. :) On to the comment mashup!

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