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Originally Posted by irateplatypus
we have an obligation to ourselves to be disciplined enough to make the right choices with our resources. we must fashion our society in a way that rewards those who make good decisions. giving people free (and by free i mean "not necessarily earned) will only bring our society to a more depraved sense of personal entitlement
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I agree we should reward hard work and initiative, I think our country already does that very well and to use economic status as a way of judging who gets medicine and who doesn't seems like a bit of playing God to me.
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2. again, i choose not to pay for those preventable maladies. if someone was convinced that the government would bail them out of any medical crisis, would they be more or less likely to get regular checkups versus having to pay the chemo bill out-of-pocket? how many cars would have their oil changed regularly if the government decided everyone "deserved" a car?
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I understand your point, but I think that most people's health is more important to them than a car. Maybe many wouldn't go in for regular check-ups, but how long will the older gentleman on a fixed income put up with the nagging cough if he can't afford the extra $50 for a doctor's visit? If he waits until he is coughing blood it is too late.
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you mentioned rand... you won't find me defending her strict objectivist philosophy. however, she does have some valid things to say about human nature.
i think my sig makes me a bit of a lightning rod at times.
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Yeah - but that's what a good sig does! I am a fan of hers, I just approach her as a philosophy to be considered instead of a "How to" book like friends of mine have done. Thanks for your ideas...