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Old 04-10-2008, 02:12 PM   #74 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by fxashun View Post
I don't see the hypocrisy. I followed the rules in place for what I have. I didn't cheat any one and I have done what was asked. If I commit a felony I lose my benefits, or I could not take care of myself and die still. I'm sorry, but IMHO I practiced personal responsibility with my decisions to make sure I was taken care of. And I still do with several retirement accounts and savings to make sure my family is taken care of in my inevitable demise. I can't buy decent life insurance so I have to create my own.

I just don't think that a person who has not contributed anything to anything should have the same health care as someone who pays the even higher taxes that a plan would bring. That's not hypocrisy, that expecting people to be a part of the system if they want the system to help them.
I'm not saying you should feel guilty or that you don't deserve it.

I'm saying that in a wealthy industrialised nation, health care should be available to everyone, not just people who can afford it.

You may not be able to send your son to private school but he still deserves an education.

And yes everyone should contribute, that's how a single payer system works. Even people who have good health. Just as people without children help pay for education and people whose houses never burn down pay for the fire service.

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Doggone it darn right you betcha bless your heart maverick