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Debate over government-funded police protection heats up

Conservatives decry "socialized" law enforcement; Democrats are divided over "single-payer" police protection
By Michael Lind

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  • Monday, June 29, 2009 07:25 PM

    I used a similar example during a phone call with my dad

    He raised the prospect that a government-run healthcare would drive private companies out of business.

    I replied that of course it would, that's why because there are police, there are no such things as security guards.

    He was amused, but not convinced.

    Mike F: An American living "down under" in a country with public and private health care options. Socialized medicine, it works.

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