A Thought Experiment in Rationed Food

dirigibletrance upbraids me when I point out that a health care system run by self-interested politicians invites corruption. Only those who make contributions to the Party will get their liver transplant when Big Brother rather than Marcus Welby decides who gets treatment.

He thunders (or perhaps giggles playfully. On the Internet one never knows):

"Mr Wright, you need to look past the ideologies for a second a realize this: People just want affordable health care."

My dear sir, you need to loo