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Originally Posted by Derwood
it's the ACLU's job to keep track of this sort of thing.
I meant on an individual level. If I spent every day being furious about the thousands of programs my tax dollars go to support (that I don't agree with), I'd be suicidal
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So it's the ACLU's job to be miserable people?
I'd think that it's my job as a taxpayer to be concerned about how my hard-earned (and subsequently confiscated) money is spent.
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Originally Posted by Willravel
Right, but you'd be paying less with universal health care. So you have a choice of paying your fair share at about $6,000 a year or paying for other people and yourself at $3,000 a year.
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My current job provides great health insurance for far less than $3000 per year. Even when I bought my own insurance (which I did until I started this job last October), I was only paying about $3500 per year for excellent medical and dental coverage. It's worth far more than $500 per year to me to keep this level of power out of the hands of the government.
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Originally Posted by Willravel
Yes, but that hypothetical policy would victimize Bill Gates. He wouldn't get anything but a warm feeling in his heart for contributing to the Telluride wellness foundation. In universal health care, you'd get the benefit along with everyone else. Are you also against paying taxes for the fire department? Because this is essentially the exact same thing.
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If money was my sole concern (which it isn't), I'd still be better off without socialized medicine. And I don't consider fire departments to be the same thing, as it's the governments job to protect the individual rights of citizens.
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Originally Posted by Rekna
For me letting people go sick and hungry needlessly goes against my Christian morals. Thus I am in favor of universal health care.
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So you're essentially advocating using the government to force your Christian values on others? Sounds a bit theocratic...