Obama Care

[Lotus]

Originally Posted by Trample the Elderly

No, I got your points. I'm not geared to think that way. I don't trust anyone and expect everyone to take advantage of me. To put my faith in good intentions or trust is asking to be taken advantage of.

You missed my points. When you ask the government to come to the rescue, don't be surprised when they never go home. They'll eat out of your refrigerator, eye-ball your wife, and drink up your good yak; all for your own good of course.

Ha! You're never outnumbered if you have an AK. You just don't understand how cheap 7.62 is. Check out Cheaper Than Dirt online. You'll see.

It is difficult to be more mistrusting of the government than I am. I am fiercely independent politically because I trust no politicians and the higher up the ladder they are, the less I will trust them. I am not arguing to trust the government.

But the point is we are already required by law to financially support government programs. And in an emergency you will take advantage of this situation. My tax money enables you to do so. Given this, if I say that I will pay for your fire protection, but won't pay for your health protection, I am drawing an utterly arbitrary line.

Let me put this differently: you already argued that you would help others in need, such as Over the Mountain. National health care will simply normalize this situation so that those in need will get the help. It is actually not much different from what you have argued in terms of people in a community sticking together.