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Originally Posted by JohnBua
The framers were talking about raising monies for defence and ablity to keep the United States afloat. No where does it imply health care of the people in any way shap or form.
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But what better indicator of the well-being of a nation than the well-being of its people? If the United States wants to keep "afloat," she'd best keep her crew healthy and able-bodied.
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Knowing that death is certain and that the time of death is uncertain, what's the most important thing?
—Bhikkhuni Pema Chödrön
Humankind cannot bear very much reality.
—From "Burnt Norton," Four Quartets (1936), T. S. Eliot
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