[rollei_list] Re: OT - Taxes
- From: Ardeshir Mehta <ardeshir@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 21 Apr 2005 20:53:33 -0400
Marc,
I have read over the years much the same thing in the Canadian press.
That said, the Canadian press is not unbiased, either.
But then, do YOU have figures that actually PROVE the NYT wrong?
Cheers.
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On Thursday, April 21, 2005, at 07:07 PM, Marc James Small wrote:
> At 03:31 PM 4/21/05 -0400, Ardeshir Mehta wrote:
>
>> I agree that government-provided services could be provided more
>> EFFICIENTLY.
>>
>> However, they ARE provided more efficiently in many cases than
>> PRIVATELY-provided services. Take for instance medical care. There
>> was an article recently - which I have copied at the end of this post
>> - showing that privately-provided medical services such as those in
>> the US cost much MORE than those provided by the government - so much
>> more, in fact, that there's no comparison.
>
> Ard
>
> The NEW YORK TIMES is the journal of the Moderate Left, in the US, and
> is not an unbiased source: they grind their political agenda into
> every article they print. They could not run an article on the
> discovery of yet another extra-solar planet without making a comment
> on the limited resources available to those of us on this Earth and
> how the Gummit is the mechanism best able to administer it.
>
> And "journalistic ethics" does not apply to the NYT, nor has it for
> the past fifty years or more. It is, at best, a laughable journal of a
> decided political bent.
>
> Find me an equivalent article in, say, THE NATIONAL REVIEW, and it
> would have a lot more credibility.
>
> Marc
>
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