“in industry, there are alternatives – you can choose to avoid a company or maybe use the competition”
Not in every industry. In how many communities do you have a choice of cable TV carriers? Or electric power delivery?
“But in gov’t there is no where to turn from bad policy.”
Yes, there is — at least in a democracy. You vote them out at the next election.
“You have no choice, short of running to another state or country. “
Please note that I support open borders. The right wingers who comment here generally don’t.
“Because Socialized medicine does’nt pay for good medical care. “
Actually, by objective measures, Israelis are healthier and longer-lived than Americans — while paying far less for health care. The US would have done well to have adopted Israel’s system.
“The socilized economy broughty the country to the brink of collapse.”
Had Israel had a free market economy in the 1950s, hundreds of thousands of Jews would likely have starved to death. And note that none of the religious parties have ever objected to Israel’s welfare state. You folks who say you follow “the gedolim” on everything should note that the religious parties they run are the biggest supporters of Israel’s generous welfare state.
“Even while the world economy declined. Isreal is expieriencing growth. “
Indeed! And a major reason was that Israel has for a long time kept its financial sector highly regulated so that it could not engage in the kinds of legalized gambling that destroyed the US economy. Canada had the same experience. It is the more laissez-faire countries such as the US and Ireland that have been devastated.