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Originally Posted by willravel
Prohibition of ciggys is a good idea. I've suspected for years that's the direction California is heading. I guess we'll have to wait and see. BTW, cigarettes aren't transportation. They only have a simple function: they're a method of taking in addictive drugs. While tobacco is actually a decent product and can be used to make useful things, cigarettes have no positive health value whatsoever. At least McDonald's hamburgers have protein.
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Then with this view, you're saying that socialism isn't about personal freedom and liberty at all, but about a government body making rules and laws on how you will live your life because they know whats best for you, right?
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Originally Posted by willravel
And what makes you think that any universal health care will run like the FDA? Because some governmental agencies aren't working, none can work? Slippery slope.
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name one program that the federal government has built that runs efficiently....on its own.
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Originally Posted by willravel
Pharma is declawed under socialized medicine. Insurance companies go out of business, and thus can't affoed to have politicians in back pockets.
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do you truly think that the government, through OUR taxes, is going to be able to foot the bill for ALL medical care? Will, you are much smarter than that.
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Originally Posted by willravel
So you can hold an investigation when a loved one is murdered when you're at work? Do you have access to databases with fingerprints? Do you have access to criminal records? Don't follow in suit with DK in thinking you could be your own police officer just because you have a gun. Being a police officer is a lot more than being a marksman.
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I believe he's simply referring to having the ability to prevent violent crimes upon your own person, not investigating crimes that have already happened.