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Originally Posted by meaghanchan
... You can not get the same amount of learning/skills out of your education when your family is homeless or your mother is addicted to crack cocaine. You've got bigger things to worry about then your multiplication tables. ...
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Exactly, life liberty and pursuit of happiness should cover helping hcildren in abusive situations and should cover food and neccessities. It IS a MUCH bigger issue when your mom is on crack than multiplication tables (when was the last time you multiplied without a calculator or computer?)
BTW I am only 4 years into having healthcare, I held the same opinions 4 years ago. I would only take tax money if it was life or death, so the ear infection I fought alone, the many other minor colds, flu, coughs ect, I fought withough any tax money. When I got married and children were in the making, I got health insurance, I gave up a couple luxuries to get it. But I feel maternity care, and pediatric visits are worth it. (K so maybe my priorities were a bit mixed before, but that is a teen for ya)
Oh and corporate welfare is a problem. But this was started about healthcare, which is a individual thing. And drop in the pan or no, it is still my money being abused. They only thing I disasgree with in your post is that healthcare would be cheaper if we made it a full monopoly, and that since cheaper we should all just let it happen. I fully agree that no one should pay tobacco farmers a dime! (and all the other stuff)
I have met many people form poor and terrible beginings who pulled above it all and tried their best to achieve what they truly wanted in life. I have also met many in affluent, all the advantages you could ask for, and yet they fail to manage their own lives, sinking to the ranks of homeless sometimes. It is all about effort, and willingness to do what it takes - to achieve what you want, I don't want to be bill gates, not my thing, I want to be a good mother and raise my children - without going into any more debt, and hopefully with some savings to pay for my DHs retirement.
BUT you still need security, LIFE LIBERTY and the PURSUIT (not guarantee) of happiness. They put that in their for a reason. Yet the vast majority of Americans forgets the rights are only for life, ect, not perfect life, not easy life, not no work life, not free ride life, nope just life. So yeah I will pay for life or death situations, but no I do not want to pay for your US, nor for your water birth, or your epidural, or your extra time in the hospital, or any cosmetic dental work, or spare tranks so you don't have the 'stress' of that novcane needle. Sorry, I wont ask you to pay for mine either.