method114 said:
Your right but now look at the perspective your taking. Your essentially saying that regardless of what I think or want I should be forced to pay into healthcare because something could happen to me. Instead of letting me be an adult and decide when I need health insurance and when I don't. So how far do we take this? We've already decided that people aren't smart enough to save for retirement so we created SS and that's being ruined already. So do we stop people from smoking cigs? Do we stop people from over eating? How far and how intrusive do we allow the government to be in order to protect us from ourselves and how well do you trust them to do that responsibly with your money? The same people who constantly seem to need to increase the defense budget nonstop but can't be bothered to reduce it so they can help there fellow citizens. The same people who said they would help us save for our retirement and now it's only a matter of time until there's not enough left. |
The issue of how much the government should be involved must always active and there likely isn´t a definite answer. There are a number of things that everyone are forced to pay, simply because we are part of the community we call society that gives us benefits and requires an effort in return. Police, fire department, social security, justice system, infrastructure, education and health are examples of those things that I think government has a responsibility to provide to every citizen.
The issue in the US is likely money in politics and special interests that prefer to drain entitlement programmes instead of paying more in taxes.
