Why is it a "benefit" when our employers offer it to us--and yet evil when we

blondeatlast

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Tue Jun-08-10 11:07 AM
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Why is it a "benefit" when our employers offer it to us--and yet evil when we

offer it to ourselves through our government?

(Healthcare, specifically) That just popped into my head while I was making my steel-cut oats this morning. :shrug:

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havocmom

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Tue Jun-08-10 11:17 AM
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1. Great framing of the inconsistancies of how it gets viewed!

You are on a roll today, my dear friend. Oats must be good for the brain too! :hi:

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Captain Hilts

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Tue Jun-08-10 11:18 AM
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2. Because there's no Insurance Company siphoning off a percentage when the Govt. does it! nt

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closeupready

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Tue Jun-08-10 10:41 PM
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10. Yes, if someone's not making a profit on it, it's GOT to be evil.

:crazy:

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kctim

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Tue Jun-08-10 11:31 AM
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3. Because

there are huge differences between private employers footing the bill and taxpayers footing the bill.

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blondeatlast

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Tue Jun-08-10 11:32 AM
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4. Do tell. nt

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butterfly77

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Tue Jun-08-10 11:34 AM
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5. Because its the government...

which we are and we can't use our own money to help ourselves...

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jp11

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Tue Jun-08-10 11:59 AM
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6. Because when it is a employer, it is a 'gift' one that they can and will stop giving you after

awhile to save money, the costs for that benefit or gift they give you come out of their profits and the employee's pocket. When it is the government the costs come out of everyone's taxes and how dare the government use *my* tax money to benefit that guy, or that woman, presumably I don't like those people. In a situation like that *my* taxes are used to give them health care, and since they are *my* taxes I'd probably rather it get used to fund huge military projects that make companies rich and to pay for wars, cause that's the American way, not helping other Americans*.

*Note giving huge sums of government cash to companies owned by Americans for weapons and equipment isn't helping Americans it is capitalism and that is American way.

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blondeatlast

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Tue Jun-08-10 10:36 PM
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7. k/nt

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GreenPartyVoter

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Tue Jun-08-10 10:38 PM
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8. Because a benefit is an incentive for people to be good workers, whereas when the nanny state

gives it to them, it encourages them to be lazy? :eyes:

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LooseWilly

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Tue Jun-08-10 10:39 PM
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9. because stuff you get from working you "earn", stuff you get the government to give you...

is... stolen?

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Incitatus

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Tue Jun-08-10 10:41 PM
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11. Because God forbid a dime from a Republican's income tax helps provide healthcare for a poor person.

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