TallSilhouette said:
Yeah, God forbid we think of the poor and the sick; you know, the people most in need of health insurance and financial aid...
According to the Congressional Budget Office, it would be - and it certainly would be the end of the world for people denied coverage for preexisting fatal conditions. You're talking about thousands - if not millions of people either dying or being buried alive in debt so you can save a bit on your bill.
A not legally binding agreement shared by numerous countries whose proposals protect the environment, grow renewable energy industries (and related jobs) and should help save the human race from killing itself. That 2.5T figure was also a worst case scenario among many far lower scenarios and figures. If we keep going down this route we're going to get left in the dust by countries properly investing in their future energy industries... |
God forbid that people be able to keep most of what they earn and pay for their own things. You're exaggerating the effects a great deal. People always act like its the end of the word or millions will die. blah. It's not like anyone is holding a gun to someone's head and keeping them from getting insurance or healthcare. If you want to help these kind of people, donate from your own pocket instead of putting the burden on society. I'm not okay with forcing most of the country to suffer for a few who don't want to pay for their higher healthcare costs. They can still get everything they could before but at a price that meets the service they want.
I'm not against measures to protect the environment but that accord was a horrible idea and it put too much of the costs onto the US. A too costly, non-binding agreement that wouldn't likely achieve anything close to it's desired result.
