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personally yes, that kind of choice should belong to the individual not the government. besides that though the laws are nonsensical why is a seatbelt required
by jayGlow 5mo ago
personally yes, that kind of choice should belong to the individual not the government. besides that though the laws are nonsensical why is a seatbelt required in a car not not in a bus, why are motorcycles even allowed at all?
- moooo99 5mo agoThis argument falls apart for countries with socialized healthcare. As long as all people are paying for your dumb decisions, it is reasonable to expect the government to reduce the frequency of dumb decisions by adequate means.
- joshlemer 5mo agoI notice that these sorts of justifications for increased paternalism as a consequence of socialized services come up in public discourse all the time but never seems to be mentioned by advocates when proposing these socialized systems. It should be mentioned up front as a significant cost as part of the package, it comes with strings attached like the government telling you how to live your life. Interesting that people don't seem to want to mention that up front.
- phainopepla2 5mo agoI support socialized medicine and I completely agree with you, we should be honest about the fact that it requires some level of regulatory coercion to work well.
- atomicUpdate 5mo agoEnforcing a healthy diet and exercise would have a vastly larger impact than any seatbelt laws in terms of reducing health care costs. Seatbelts and smoking always seem to be about as far as the advocates are willing to go though.
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