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It's not a demand if we collectively decide to offer to do so. I for one, would be willing to pay to support a universal health care system.
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I for one would not, and why should the government make me?
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my answer is the 25th chapter of the Gospel of Matthew. I won't quote it here, but i'm part of the humanist tradition of the Christian faith. Humankind is something worth caring about. We, as a people, are worth caring about. If we're not worth caring about, and if we don't back that conviction with action, our lives will be nasty, brutish and short. Care of the other is the mark of civilization, and for me, revelation.
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It's my interpretation that the bible talks about individual giving and charity, not forced welfare through the government. Remember in Exodus when the pharoah took 1/7th of the income for 7 years, to be paid back for the following 7 years (I'm a little fuzzy on this haven't read it in awhile :P). It was called slavery, and that's my understanding of social services because it severly limits individual freedom. You go from the government needing you, to you needing the government.
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To be honest, it does. I worked for US Senator Paul Wellstone for several years, and i dealt with every branch of government there was. And despite some real hassles and twits, those people were doing their best to do their jobs. With oversight, i'm willing to trust the corporate "us" of government.
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Most everyday government workers are honestly trying to do the right thing, but it's the the few people at the top that are responsible for the evil and corruption that continues.