Question about what Obama just said.

[TheRealMafoo]

akuma587 said:
I'm sure rich people would love it if the government did nothing to help the poor and the poor decided to revolt and brutally murder and rob from the rich.

Mafoo assumes that just because the rich don't benefit from one thing that the government provides (healthcare) that they don't benefit from other things the government provides (police power and a legal system that protects their property rights).

Old people don't benefit from schools, yet they still have to pay taxes that go towards education. People in the North don't benefit from federal money that is sent to the South, but sometimes that ends up happening. People in a certain city in a state pay taxes that go to pay for roads in other parts of that state.

It makes no sense to say that just because you receive no benefit directly from a service the government provides that you shouldn't have to pay for it. Not to mention that completely ignores the indirect benefits you receive from those things.

You and I think government should have different involvement in peoples lives... shocker.