Josephus, nothing is for free. Who is supposed to pay for other's health care? Me? Why me? That is what you are proposing. You want the government to reach in my pocket and take my money to pay for someone's else’s healthcare. I've taken care of myself, why should I pay for someone else’s choices by overeating or smoking? Tax the big corporation's more? So tax them more so they have less money to hire me and my family to work? That is not fair. Tax the rich more? They already pay their fair share and why would you tax (punish) someone that is being productive and contributing more to society.
The 40 million people they are telling you who are uninsured in this country is mostly by choice. The biggest percentage of these people are in their 20s and 30s who want to take the risk of not having health insurance because they are still young and healthy. They'd prefer to buy the latest clothing or CD. Another huge chunk of that percentage of people are illegal aliens. Yes, they are people, but again don't ask me to pay for their healthcare when it is Mexico's responsibility, and ultimately the individual's responsibility. So honestly we are really only talking about 9 million people who really need insurance and can't get it. So we are just letting them die on the side of the road as a nation? Hell no! There is Medicaid and Medicare for these people. There is no one in this country that is dying of cancer and who are not getting treated with the medicine they need. Yes, they would have to sell their 300,000 dollar home before they would be eligible, but there are more important things than living in a house that is too big for you in the first place. So their children want get as big of an inheritance, it doesn't mean I have to deprive my children of an inheritance because they don't have insurance.
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