"The thing about politics... ok maybe I shouldn't go there... but... I must point out something. Socialists have universal health care, even those countries who are mildly socialist. They also have "social programs" for the homeless, drug addicted, alcohol addicted, teen pregnancy etc citizens who need help. What do we have?"
Stare run medical facilities, welfare, foodstamps, medicare(caid), Public schools, transport, and roads and libraries, GI bill...I can go on... those are
socialist programs.
"We have police, prisons, and elderly people on medicare that pay hundreds of dollars every month for supplemental insurance that they never use (my mother) and when they finally decide to use it (once in 10 years) they have to pay hundreds of dollars to buy a few prescriptions. It makes no sense."
No, It doesn't. (prisons? wth? lol)
"Back on topic... Think about what it would be like if the government actually allowed people to buy whatever they wanted, taxed it, and paid for health care. If a person .... I don't know why the US has these policies. I Wasn't put on this earth to decide what is right and what is wrong for other people. I am thinking that when people smarten up a little, we might have a sort of intellectual revolution."
But..I don't trust our government with my, your money, any money, also I don't want to live in a completely socialist country. Adding *more socialistic branches to a dysfunctional system just doesn't seem like a good idea. Its barely working in other contries who have been doing if for way longer. Its just not an idea that works in action, its only good on paper.
"The only way to put insurance companies out of business is to have doctors willing to provide services for what you would pay in a copay if you had insurance. Honestly, a doctor willing to treat me for 30 or 40 bucks is fair. Why should I have to pay 300 a month to get a 30 dollar visit?"
Because its a free market society? If we were socialist and you only paid small copays, you make less money a month after the high taxes and in the end 30 feels like 300 anyway.
"why should my mother pay 108 dollars for an antibiotic eyedrop for her cataract surgery?"
She shouldn't, but why should my tax dollars pay for it?
I am a fairtax fan.
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