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Originally Posted by Ron (Canada)
A drunken streetperson with chest pains is given the same care as a business executive when they arrive on a stretcher.
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Well, most likely the exec can pay and the drunken streetperson cannot. Why should they be the same? Why should I pay for someone's problems? When you have socialized medicine, I am paying for your issues. Why should I pay for your health?
Further to that, look at the systems we have in place. So far, I have not seen too many things run by the government that are not time bombs waiting to blow up in our face. Am I against the Road Tax? Yes and No. I think it is fair, you use so much fuel and it is assumed you cause so much damage to the road so you need to pay for it to be fixed. Guess what? There is a surplus in the fund and the WI government, IIRC, tapped that fund for some other projects. Yes, having the government run it is a good idea IN THEORY. Somehow, like SS, it will have problems. At that point, you will realize that it is way easier to give benifits than to take them away.