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The difference between you, and your opposition, is that they don't care about 'the other guy'. To take on their voice, and please understand this IS NOT my personal position....
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It's not MY responsibility to take care of YOU. Nor is it your responsibility to take care of me. It's up to me to determine what I want to do with my life, and how I want to live it, not the governments. If I want to save money by not spending it on health insurance, thereby exposing myself to financial risk that should be MY decision, not YOURS. You're taking away my freedom and liberty by imposing it on me. You are forcing me to pay money to purchase something I may not want, nor even need. Perhaps I don't mind getting ill and dying at age 60, if I've led a long full life. I don't want the medicines and hospitals. If I break my leg I'll pay the doctor in cash to set it.
Because I'm healthy and I'm still paying, which means MY money is going to help some other guy who is sick. I really don't care about that other guy. I'd rather give my money to my children, or my friends. I'll help a friend who is sick, but some guy on the other end of the state i've never met? Or on the other side of the country? Why should I work my ass off for what I have to provide for my family, and even provide protection for them, but also provide it for some schmuck who doesn't work and just does drugs out in California?
I don't care if those people are vulnerable. They're not my concern. I could give a shit about them. I don't care if they're a drug dealer or the governor of the state. They're not my concern. They're not my responsibility. Let them be vulnerable to financial ruin. If they're not willing to work to protect themselves and their family, why the hell should I do it?
The whole concept takes away my freedom and liberty. It enforces a system of the government on me and forces me to pay money to protect other people I don't know.
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that's the mindset. It takes away their freedom and liberty to be forced to take care of everyone, not just themselves and their own family....because at the root of the problem they don't care about anyone but themselves, and are too short sighted to see that taking care of everyone helps themselves far more than going it alone, particularly when it comes to health care.
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