05-30-2003, 10:02 AM
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Originally posted by wellard:
So despite the danger of being off topic How can someone retired age 70 afford a heart operation. no money no op? or children who never suffer because there parents are without money and are hesitent about the cost of taking their kid to the doctors. no I guess that it never happens!
Basicly yes, no money no op. where is it written anywhere that any person is entitled to take soemone elses labor, skill or work without paying? Why should a fully grown adult expect someone else to pay his way? (this goes for me too by the way..I would never be able to afford a heart transplant)
It is a sad fact of life that death happens...not everyone born is fit to survive. Yeah I know, it is a cruel and heartless coment but that doesnt make it less true.
Why does the richest nation on earth, spend more time crying about paying tax, throws billions away to grease the palms of the rich, and yet cannot even provide universal health care for its own people?
again, I ask...where is it written that one person is entitled to someone elses hard work, money or possessions? We complain about it because it is antithetical to the priciples that built the country....where each person was given free reign to succeed or fail on their own merrits without imposing artificial barriers of discrimination. (in theory any way) Note you have the right to fail too..not just succeed...there is no gaurenteed freedom to leech off society.
What is the point in tax cuts or money if you aint got your health? what is the point in being rich if the person next to you in the street is suffering from something that can easily be cured? bleedin heart I may be but bleedin obvious is the answer
I can see what you are saying, but in the end, you are talking moral and ethical debate here. Should the rich person help the poor? from a moral standpoint (with christian values applied cause they are all I have to work with) I sayy yes...but does he HAVE to? no. It should be his decision...not one forced on him by the government. And as it stands..the richest country in the world already donates more money to the care and feeding of people world wide and at home than any other nation by a large amount.
I walked accross the boarder once into Tiajuana...there you will find the most miserable dregs of disabled and handicapped people any where ont he planet...you find these people in Mexico....you can't find a sight like that anywhere in the USA or from what I can see Canada....so obviously we aren't turning out poor out onto the streets.....Sam Kinneson had a really excellent treatise on the poor in the USA, compared to the Kurds [img]smile.gif[/img] was funny but made a point too. Well I hope I made my points clear enough....Im not against all charity and government aide..Im just against the idea of taking half or more of soemthing from someone and ju8st giving to someone who didnt earn it.
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