Impeding changes to our Health Care system

[SamIam]

Originally Posted by TheMercenary

People figure out how to get by. We could have a completely socialized system if every swinging dick paid the same percent of their income. Ask a guy who makes $1000 a week if he would be willing to give up $60 a week for free health care I bet he would agree in a heart beat. Everyone should pay for it.

Somebody who makes a $1,000.00 per week will figure out how to get by. A single mom who makes a $1,000 or so a month is going to be hard pressed to come up with that extra money every month. Forcing a person into a situation where they either get health care or don't get quite enough to eat is not called allowing them to "contribute to their station." Its called putting them between a rock and a hard place.

Where did you ever get "contributing to their station," anyhow? You come off as sounding like some arrogant member of the Victorian upper class.

[TheMercenary]

Originally Posted by SamIam

Where did you ever get "contributing to their station," anyhow? You come off as sounding like some arrogant member of the Victorian upper class.

That is not my intention. Do you not believe we live in a stratified society? Every Western culture does. I believe we should help everyone help themselves. The money a single mother with have to come up with may be cheaper than the money she will have to come up with for mandatory insurance. Very few people would be on the lowest end. Everybody should pay into a system they benefit from. No one gets a pass.