@FedUpAmerican,
FedUpAmerican;34710 wrote:Not enough.
I know many people that are hard working individuals that make enough money to support themselves. Thats it. Jobs rarely offer benefits like health insurance and most people are just a couple of paychecks away from being destitute.
Sure there are charities but they rarely provide the type of healthcare people need. They only cover catastrophic events and seldom focus on prevention.
18,000+ American CITIZENS die every year because they have to decide whether to feed their families or get medication that they need.
Is THIS the America that you really want to live in???
Not me my friend. NOT me at all.
Healthcare is not a right, sorry.
Simply based on your own statement
Quote:I know many people that are hard working individuals that make enough money to support themselves. Thats it. Jobs rarely offer benefits like health insurance and most people are just a couple of paychecks away from being destitute.
Why should I have to give up more of my already meger paycheck, to help pay someone elses healthcare when I can barely pay my own? And if one day I have millions through my hard work, why should I have to give more of it to pay for someone that didn't want to provide for themself? I shouldn't, and don't have to. The redistibution of wealth is theft, even if it's for a "good cause".
Now here is where I get complicated. I don't like the present system where my money goes to foreign aid either. Republicans want to take my money and give it to third world despots, democrats want to take my money and give it to the poor, Both parties want to steal, same agenda, different ends, though if my money is going to be stolen from me, I'd rather have it go to Americans than Iraqis, but I'd rather not have it stolen in the first place, hence why I am voting for Ron Paul.