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Originally Posted by Honus
Libertarianism has surface appeal, but it just doesn't work. When applied to the health care issue, libertarians would have people die for lack of medical care. They won't admit it. They will try to dance around the issue, but they have no way out. That's what their governing philosophy means.
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OK. so they die. What of it? I didn't cause it. Why am I "my brother's keeper"? Why should YOU be responsible for MY bad choices? Why is someone obligated to take care of YOUR bad choice? You had the choice to make and you chose poorly. Now, if you want to give away your free choice, fair enough. However, what you seem to want is the right to make bad choices and the removal of the sting of failure. Should an insurance company be allowed to charge me more because I am overweight, chain smoke, drink to excess, etc, etc? Absolutely. In fact my insurance company has found a way to "reward" you for making good choices by giving you cash back in some way.
This is like that old man that flew down
TWICE to FL to claim his winning prize and later wants someone to be responsible for his poor choices. But wait. He wants to have free will too. IOW, I want my cake and to eat it. And BTW, I don't want to become fat from that cake too.