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Everyone who says, "Why should I have to pay for poor people's health care?" is opposed to economies of scale.

stale2002 9y ago
If the US only allowed one grocery store to exist, that would have economies of scale as well. Shouldn't we then give everyone "food insurance" which you pay for with taxes, and then are able to use that food insurance to get food from the store for free? (well, not really free, paid for by your taxes). You'd pay a predetermined amount of money no matter what you got from the store, but your options would be limited by the government food insurance committee. If you don't support this single payer food insurance solution to all of your caloric needs, then my question for you is why do you hate poor people?
- noir-york 9y ago
  Government provision does NOT stop the private sector from providing options. It is not an either government OR private. But both. Your example does not exist anywhere, nor is it what it is being advocated. To be realistic your example would be as follows: what if the US provided a grocery store that provided the basic necessities, free at the point of provistion and paid for by common taxation. People are free to buy the nice wine from the private provider next door BUT if you fall on hard times and you need to put food on the table, the rest of your fellow citizens help pay to make sure you, your partner, and your children have food to eat, and retain a semblance of human dignity, until you can get back on your feet and pay taxes that provide for someone else who needs help.
  - dexterdog 9y ago
    Where does it stop? If "healthcare is a right" and "food is a right" and "shelter is a right" who is going to pay for all of these services for all of these people when they have no vital need to go out and support themselves? Who's going to maintain the sewers and take care of the trash and all of the jobs that most people don't want to do?

stale2002 9y ago

If the US only allowed one grocery store to exist, that would have economies of scale as well. Shouldn't we then give everyone "food insurance" which you pay for with taxes, and then are able to use that food insurance to get food from the store for free? (well, not really free, paid for by your taxes). You'd pay a predetermined amount of money no matter what you got from the store, but your options would be limited by the government food insurance committee. If you don't support this single payer food insurance solution to all of your caloric needs, then my question for you is why do you hate poor people?

noir-york 9y ago
Government provision does NOT stop the private sector from providing options. It is not an either government OR private. But both. Your example does not exist anywhere, nor is it what it is being advocated. To be realistic your example would be as follows: what if the US provided a grocery store that provided the basic necessities, free at the point of provistion and paid for by common taxation. People are free to buy the nice wine from the private provider next door BUT if you fall on hard times and you need to put food on the table, the rest of your fellow citizens help pay to make sure you, your partner, and your children have food to eat, and retain a semblance of human dignity, until you can get back on your feet and pay taxes that provide for someone else who needs help.
- dexterdog 9y ago
  Where does it stop? If "healthcare is a right" and "food is a right" and "shelter is a right" who is going to pay for all of these services for all of these people when they have no vital need to go out and support themselves? Who's going to maintain the sewers and take care of the trash and all of the jobs that most people don't want to do?