Why do you worry about the tax payer's money being used to help fellow citizens, when it obviously didn't worry a single Conservative when the money was being used for a war that cost 300,000 American soldiers their lives. Don't get it.
I worry because national defense is one of the duties designated to the federal government by the Constitution; the money spent on that war -- and any other -- helps maintain our interests and our national security. Tax payer dollars should not be used for providing a function that encroaches on individual liberties the way that "nationalized healthcare" does -- the way "Obamacare" does.
Do I complain? No, because the other 80 million citizens are doing exactly the same and they are, in fact, my safety net if I get sick.
You should be complaining. That's approximately 18 percent of your income that you could be allocating as you see fit, maybe paying for your insurance, rather than that "safety net" you may never use.
As an American, I'm already paying for three "safety nets": Medicare, medical insurance coverage for the seniors; Medicaid, medical insurance coverage for the "underprivileged"; and Social Security, which is supposed to provide a stipend to me once I retire. All three are currently in the red, with the money originally allocated spent on other projects. The money I put in now is paying for my grandparents' benefits, and it is entirely likely I will never see a dime of the thousands I've already "contributed." Obamacare, should it ever come to full fruition, will be just like it.
Imagine this: You're healthy and just paying more and more and more, just for the sick ones to use it. Okay, fine, I can understand why you'd be pissed to be giving away all that money. I know I would be.
Damn skippy. And what pisses me off even more is that I would be paying that because some "enlightened statesman" on Capitol Hill decided what the basic standard of living should be for all Americans, and I have to "pay my part." Nevermind the fact that some of those Americans have yet to earn their own part. That's how socialism works, not how capitalism works.
Ten years from now, the doctor tells you you have cancer. And instead of worrying how to get all the money needed and thinking about having to sell your house and your car, all the healthy folks (that are thinking exactly what I described above) are paying your medical bills.
Without this "healthcare reform," I wouldn't have to sell my house or my car to obtain the funding for treatment. I'd have invested the money in savings and retirement accounts that I could use. With the provisions of the bill, however, I'm not only going to be paying more for my health insurance, I'll be paying into that "reform" kitty, and paying higher prices for just about everything in daily life. That restricts my savings, restricts my spending, and further exacerbates the continued recession.
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Date: 2010-04-06 03:40 am (UTC)I worry because national defense is one of the duties designated to the federal government by the Constitution; the money spent on that war -- and any other -- helps maintain our interests and our national security. Tax payer dollars should not be used for providing a function that encroaches on individual liberties the way that "nationalized healthcare" does -- the way "Obamacare" does.
Do I complain? No, because the other 80 million citizens are doing exactly the same and they are, in fact, my safety net if I get sick.
You should be complaining. That's approximately 18 percent of your income that you could be allocating as you see fit, maybe paying for your insurance, rather than that "safety net" you may never use.
As an American, I'm already paying for three "safety nets": Medicare, medical insurance coverage for the seniors; Medicaid, medical insurance coverage for the "underprivileged"; and Social Security, which is supposed to provide a stipend to me once I retire. All three are currently in the red, with the money originally allocated spent on other projects. The money I put in now is paying for my grandparents' benefits, and it is entirely likely I will never see a dime of the thousands I've already "contributed." Obamacare, should it ever come to full fruition, will be just like it.
Imagine this: You're healthy and just paying more and more and more, just for the sick ones to use it. Okay, fine, I can understand why you'd be pissed to be giving away all that money. I know I would be.
Damn skippy. And what pisses me off even more is that I would be paying that because some "enlightened statesman" on Capitol Hill decided what the basic standard of living should be for all Americans, and I have to "pay my part." Nevermind the fact that some of those Americans have yet to earn their own part. That's how socialism works, not how capitalism works.
Ten years from now, the doctor tells you you have cancer. And instead of worrying how to get all the money needed and thinking about having to sell your house and your car, all the healthy folks (that are thinking exactly what I described above) are paying your medical bills.
Without this "healthcare reform," I wouldn't have to sell my house or my car to obtain the funding for treatment. I'd have invested the money in savings and retirement accounts that I could use. With the provisions of the bill, however, I'm not only going to be paying more for my health insurance, I'll be paying into that "reform" kitty, and paying higher prices for just about everything in daily life. That restricts my savings, restricts my spending, and further exacerbates the continued recession.