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Irregular commentary on whatever's on my mind -- politics, sports, current events, and life in general. After twenty years of writing business and community newsletters, fifteen years of fantasy baseball newsletters, and two years of email "columns", this is, I suppose, the inevitable result: the awful conceit that someone might actually care to read what I have to say. Posts may be added often, rarely, or never again. As always, my mood and motivation are unpredictable.

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Tuesday, June 19, 2012

London Mayor Boris Johnson On Health Care


Boris Johnson is the mayor of London, England. He's a conservative by party and by nature, yet he's a funny guy, an Obama fan and is capable of open-minded, reasonable thought on some issues. (Remember when a few American conservatives could do such things?)

Here's Boris in a short interview in the current issue of Time magazine:

Q: You're a conservative. Can you explain your support for socialized medicine?

A: Americans always look at our system with disbelief and disapproval, but actually we make it work. Nobody goes untreated, no matter how poor or rich they are. I think that is very reassuring for people. I understand the arguments against it, but it's something that everybody buys into, everybody believes in, and it works. It shows there is something that really binds us together.

1 comment:

  1. Been waiting for your Eric Holder for contempt of Congress post.

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