> But I see no reason to force privately insured or paying patients to die prematurely if it's against their wishes. When did I ever even imply that? Please re

> But I see no reason to force privately insured or paying patients to die prematurely if it's against their wishes. When did I ever even imply that? Please read thoughtfully. > We already have legal basis for this; no constitutional amendment required. They are called Advance Directives, and a lawyer can help set it up. Sorry, doesn't work. At all. I recommend asking a nurse working in a critical care unit how much those directives actually mean. In practice they are completely worthless because the hospital and doctors will do whatever will have the least chance of getting them sued -- which means they will listen to the family, and the family is not know for making good decisions in this regard. Also, you are not allowed to kill yourself and doctors are not allowed to kill you. Remember Kevorkian? He was not killing mentally unwell people -- he was killing terminally ill people who looked forward to agony and despair in the time they had left, and they wanted to go with dignity on their own terms and he got put through the ringer in the courts and the press. > Higher income earners will always pay more under the current schedule, but I see no reason to steal all of their money. Is it stealing if the only reason they are able to make money and keep that money and use that money is because they have the protection of law, an infrastructure which works, and a stable monetary system and regulated economy, as well as an army to prevent anyone coming and taking everything from them? If they own a business and someone steals their IP and sells it under a different name, do they not get to utilize the courts and the government to shut that down ? Why should they not have to pay for that, it isn't free? > Additionally, loan forgiveness is massively biased towards the wealthy. Only folks that thought a college degree had more reward than risk pursued them, and forgiving loans only helps those that delay repaying their debt or cannot afford to do so. The problem is that every white collar job wants a 4 year degree for entry level work. We either need to bring back an apprenticeship system or we need to walk back the degree inflation or we need to give people options for cheap schools so they don't end up in debt for life. It is completely possible to publicly fund schools and have them be incredibly high quality and cost effective. Ask a European about that. > If you want to change laws, this is where your focus should be. If it's legal to reduce one's tax burden, then one should. I would argue it's their duty as a taxpayer to do so. Anyone is welcome to donate extra to the IRS. They'll never turn you down. I never said what they did was legal. I said they hide behind attorneys. If you are repo-ing a vehicle and one of them is on the street and the other is behind a fence with razor wire on it and a guard dog nearby which one will you take first? If you your employer runs of money to pay you to get the other one, then they won by intimidating you, not by having a paid off car.