I wanted to alert you all to this article in Tech Central Station. I’m not sure whether it is the most brilliant attempt at destroying the concept of universal health care… or just a rogue economist trying to shock his audience. (The guy is from the Cato institute… so I’m inclined to go with my first guess). Anyway, here’s just a taste of the article:
The cost of employer-provided prostitution insurance continued to rise. It began to eat up a larger and larger portion of potential salary increases… Many people began to agitate for universal, government-provided prostitution insurance, arguing that such systems were working in Canada and in many European countries…it would allow people to continue to be insulated from having to pay for sex.
A few economists argued that Americans ought to try to get over their discomfort with paying for sex. The economists proposed that Americans pay for prostitution with their own money, in which case they would be less likely to obtain unnecessary services. Most people, particularly prostitutes, were outraged by the economist’s suggestions. The idea of paying for sex was too offensive to contemplate. So the existing prostitution insurance system kept stumbling along.