"contrary to libertarian belief, the government far more often works in collusion with the capitalists who established it than as an obstruction to their supposed good will and intended progress for all"

Um, libertarians believe that the collusion of government and business is a very bad thing. We just note that that is nothing like free market capitalism. We focus on the issue of government instead of business, because we can always take our business elsewhere if a company is not treating us right. Government allows us no choice in whether we have to pay for their "services" - and it is significantly more difficult to find another government than another business.

"people of Japanese and European descent certainly aren't living longer here on average than in their native countries."

The new studies you linked did not address this question.

"The lack of adequate dispersal of health care due to the highly privatized nature of it in America has been quoted by many doctors as being one of the major reasons for this"

Yes, but that doesn't match the facts. It is difficult to get good data by ethnicity, but just a quick look at some stats on life expectancy by race (not as specific as life expectancy by ethnicity) finds several U.S. states where Asian-Americans have a life expectancy longer than the Japanese.

I'm not linking because I don't have the time to find a good link, and the links I found had some technical issues for my browser - but I was able to quickly and easily confirm what I am saying.

"You just like saying "purchasing power parity" because of its alliterative quality."

That's not the only reason.

But I do like it. ;-)




Baldur