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So the government can tell you how to run your own personal life health care like they can tell you how fast you can drive, how powerful (weak) your cell phone

by jebblue 14y ago

So the government can tell you how to run your own personal life health care like they can tell you how fast you can drive, how powerful (weak) your cell phone can be, etc.? That's not a world I want to live in. Isn't that the kind of world liberal loons thought Bush was going to lead us to? LOL too funny and too ironic. It seems liberals think as long as a liberal is in the Whitehouse then it's ok for government to take over our lives. Either way having our lives controlled by a conservative government or a liberal government; they are _still_ the Government which is supposed to be _us_!

cpleppert 14y ago
>>So the government can tell you how to run your own personal life health care like they can tell you how fast you can drive, how powerful (weak) your cell phone can be, etc.? I'm not sure if some of that was supposed to be irony. In terms of healthcare, the government pays almost half of the cost of providing care in this country. Not only does it give massive tax breaks to employer provided health insurance plans it also directly writes the regulations that govern almost every aspect of healthcare. In a sense, the government is already running your healthcare if not outright paying for it or compensating the hospital then running the system that provides or incentivizes the structure of the health insurance plan you have.
- jebblue 14y ago
  Breaks? One of the medications I was paying for on my personal plan recently is costing my new employer 3 times !!! what I was paying. Breaks? Puh-lease, are you brain-washed by deep thinkers like John Stewart?
baak 14y ago
Somalia doesn't really have a functioning government. You could try there, if you don't like having your 'life controlled'.
- jebblue 14y ago
  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Constitution http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Constitution We the people, we the people.
  - baak 14y ago
    ...That guarantees you the right to drive at any speed you want? Sorry, laws are important, as are taxes. And while you may not use roads, the rest of us do. I don't have children, but I pay taxes for schools. I'm okay with it because education is important. While you may be able to afford health care, many cannot. You reap the benefit of healthy citizens as well. Healthy people, and people out of debt, promotes a better economy.
astrodust 14y ago
You know why society has rules? It's because it's called society and not anarchy. Libertarians, who would have you believe we should be free to do just about anything, fail to recognize that without a framework that defines acceptable behaviors, the social situation will quickly degrade into a free-for-all survivalist state not unlike parts of the world where the government has collapsed completely. You can argue that the rules are too strict or too lenient, but arguing against rules period is insanity.

by jebblue 14y ago

cpleppert 14y ago

>>So the government can tell you how to run your own personal life health care like they can tell you how fast you can drive, how powerful (weak) your cell phone can be, etc.? I'm not sure if some of that was supposed to be irony. In terms of healthcare, the government pays almost half of the cost of providing care in this country. Not only does it give massive tax breaks to employer provided health insurance plans it also directly writes the regulations that govern almost every aspect of healthcare. In a sense, the government is already running your healthcare if not outright paying for it or compensating the hospital then running the system that provides or incentivizes the structure of the health insurance plan you have.

jebblue 14y ago
Breaks? One of the medications I was paying for on my personal plan recently is costing my new employer 3 times !!! what I was paying. Breaks? Puh-lease, are you brain-washed by deep thinkers like John Stewart?

baak 14y ago

Somalia doesn't really have a functioning government. You could try there, if you don't like having your 'life controlled'.

jebblue 14y ago
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Constitution http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Constitution We the people, we the people.
- baak 14y ago
  ...That guarantees you the right to drive at any speed you want? Sorry, laws are important, as are taxes. And while you may not use roads, the rest of us do. I don't have children, but I pay taxes for schools. I'm okay with it because education is important. While you may be able to afford health care, many cannot. You reap the benefit of healthy citizens as well. Healthy people, and people out of debt, promotes a better economy.

astrodust 14y ago

You know why society has rules? It's because it's called society and not anarchy. Libertarians, who would have you believe we should be free to do just about anything, fail to recognize that without a framework that defines acceptable behaviors, the social situation will quickly degrade into a free-for-all survivalist state not unlike parts of the world where the government has collapsed completely. You can argue that the rules are too strict or too lenient, but arguing against rules period is insanity.