Go Harley,
http://www.neoperspectives.com/swedishwelfare.htm

Look at sweden, You can pay 60% of your income in taxes plus 25% sales tax and get your perfect world. Oh wait Sh!t for GDP and no limited Military protection.

"The inherent vice of capitalism is the unequal sharing of blessings; the inherent virtue of socialism is the equal sharing of miseries."
Winston Churchill

Blue Water Pro

While the tonsils out losing a leg thing would suck, it rarely happens. The fact of the matter is that many professions in the medical trade aren't growing with demand because of out of control insurance rates. Being an OBGYN is scary because everyone sues them when something goes wrong with there pregnancy whether or not its the doc's fault.