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> If it is a necessity (I think it is), it's not clear to me how it can not be compulsory. But you wouldn't make that claim of any _other_ vital service, would
by duncan_bayne 9y ago
> If it is a necessity (I think it is), it's not clear to me how it can not be compulsory.
But you wouldn't make that claim of any _other_ vital service, would you? Food, water, transport, medicine ... all these and more are provided by voluntary payment - or by charity for those who can't afford it.
What's special about Government that it requires compulsion to fund?
- vertex-four 9y agoAll those things are funded for at least some subset of the population, and heavily subsidised for the rest, by the Government. Also, I think it's pretty obvious that "voluntary payment" for healthcare didn't work for many, many people, and has resulted in thousands of deaths and significant needless pain and suffering every year.
- Angostura 9y agoIn that case you are arguing that taxation isn't necessary.