mercor --- u are half right... but more wrong. the government insurance in the Affordable Health care act will get you insurance where u will not pay $10k deductible. it will be the top of the line insurance. with subsidies up to 600% of poverty level. yes u might be right. possibly u could have a $10k deductible and lower it $100 for individual and $300 for family... i will not research it, but can agree. so mercor. is this what you want??? is this fair??? do you believe that poor people should be responsible for their first $10k. if they make $20k a year how will they survice? u believe the doctors and the drug companies should get rich off of people's misfortune? if so then yes you are right and we disagree. i hope u are not christian or musilim. i hope u are a capitalist atheist, becuase if you are not then you are a hypocrite.
lucrum - thank you!!!! for the intelligent response. i think u miss the point. if we are all in it together, we all need to help each other. if you dont believe your fellow american needs your help. i cant fault you for that. that is your opinion. the government cleans my streets, picks up my garbage, makes my roads, and pays my police. if i could have my flat screen, cable, a car, food, and health care and knew it was guaranteed for life. i would not need money. i just want to live. and be happy. i will work. and i will work hard. but why do i need 1 million in the bank??? i dont. i am down to share my good fortune. clearly u are not.
nothing would surprise me today.. sounds like very logical and highly possible move. here is the reason- Autism Linked to Obesity in Mothers http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702304072004577328203742847094.html
tsing tao -- i would love to agree with u on that. but in my state i MUST pay car insurance. also we all must pay SS. we all must pay to get a drivers license. if we are forced to pay for these things. i think we should also be forced to pay for health insurance. it all falls under the umbrella of doing whats best for ALL.
---the government cleans my streets, picks up my garbage, makes my roads, and pays my police.--- that's state and local gvt. btw-AVERAGE police officer's salary in my area is 97K a year + everything else is free. pension for life,insurance etc.. turn around and count how many people in private sector making 100K a year today in US. i'm talking about per person,not household.
That would not be right imo. But what they should do is divide food stamps into produce and non-produce (simpy add a "P" to make a new voucher type), then convert say, 40% of a person's food stamp rations to "P-only". That way at least the government would be helping people stave off diseases that medicaid then has to pay to treat.
bob --- so u want to do that job... i would not. so what you want is a cop to work for 50? 30? what do you want. if u want me too... i will research it. but would be shocked if feds do not got give money for local law enforcement. do u agree, or do u really think they are only funded by municipalities.
yep..they sure do. not sure,if the local gvt truly need it..here is your tax dollars at work- http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/02/16/police-tank-purchase-new-hampshire_n_1279983.html it make no sense to me,when public servants are earning more(sometimes x2+ more) than their masters(tax payers from private sector). don't know about you, but i have problem with that.