Mark Small

As to competition, when lots of $ is required 2 build something, it makes > sense for govt 2 control. Our Interstates - sys that arose under Republican Pres Eisenhower - involved a lot of money and government control. 13/26

Prisons, hospitals & air traffic control involve capital & coordination, as well as substantive matters (i.e., what they do) best run by govt Prisons run privately & 4 profit R prime example of why those institutions should be run by the public. 14/26

On specific issues, Mr. Bales is inconsistent: he wants > control by Fed govt if it serves his needs. Ppl pay taxes into Fed govt, yet he would cut funding to cities that provide sanctuary to immigrants. 15/26

Economy: improve our Gross Domestic Product (GDP), but doesnt say how If he’d assistance any businesses, esp large ones, that inherently is anti-free market and, many would say, socialistic. 16/26

Health care: Mr Bales bashes ACA (first originated by then-Mass Gov (and Republican) Mitt Romney) & suggests, in part, we “lower the cost of prescription drugs and hospital care through a National Fee Schedule...” 17/26

A national fee schedule would not work without enforcement. If that enforcement is “national” it necessarily means the Federal government - read “The Summer of 1787" and why the Articles of Confederation were replaced. 18/26

Mr Bales says natl health care would bankrupt America Our current healthcare system has been effective at bankrupting people. A study last February found 66.5% of bankruptcies were tied to medical issues. 109 Amer J Public Health No. 3, p. 411, 02/06/19. 19/26

The report notes the numbers are similar to those pre-ACA. A lot of us believed ACA did not go far enough. These debts would have been off people’s shoulders if the USA had single payor. 20/26