No Rationing; Courtesy of a “Benevolent” State

July 18th, 2007 · No Comments · Uncategorized

Of course, that's not the case. A state-run system could decide, as Medicare does, that they'll pay for any and all necessary procedures, and do so quickly. Then there would be no rationing.

That was Ezra Klein, a couple of days ago.

On the same day, the Guardian reported the full extent of what happens when the State says there will be no rationing.

Zimbabwe372ready

Mugabe strikes again.

President Robert Mugabe's order that all shop prices be cut by at least half, and sometimes several times more, has forced stores to open to hordes of customers waving thick blocks of near worthless money given new value by the price cuts. The police and groups of ruling party supporters could be seen leading the charge for a bargain.

It's reported that Mugabe dismisses charges that this will only make things worse as "bookish economics." Yea, that definitely looks like a theory-practice dichotomy to me.

Both Bruce and Dale handled Klein and his dumb cheerleaders, if you're interested.