the doctor example is quite stupid you contradicted your entire statement. if we had universal healthcare, guess what? your doctor bill would have been paid and you would have $2500 towards rims for yoru vette. we are the ONLY industrious country to not have a standardized healthcare system. look at the UK, Sweeden, etc for good exmaples of how this works. you should also look to see where your taxes are going before you make this vast assumptions.