First of all, whatever beliefs you have are “okay.” So long as they don’t include killing, destruction, desecration, etc, that’s what being an American is all about! Be more confident about your beliefs, woman! =P
As to your question through the prism of whether I agree, it depends on what you mean by right. If you mean that everyone should have access to it, then we would agree. If your belief is that the government should provide healthcare to its citizens, then we would not agree.
Now I’m not a purist. I think realistically we need to have a safety net of some sort, and I think that maybe the government might even intervene in some catastrophic care. Of course there’s the Catch 22 of creating dependency and instilling a belief that the government will take care of your problems when you can’t... More so, the question becomes the honesty and integrity of our government officials, which I don’t need to tell you are severely lacking. I honestly don’t have any clue how such a system could possibly be set up to accomplish its actual goal without massive abuse and fraud from citizens and especially the government.
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Date: 2009-11-14 03:30 am (UTC)As to your question through the prism of whether I agree, it depends on what you mean by right. If you mean that everyone should have access to it, then we would agree. If your belief is that the government should provide healthcare to its citizens, then we would not agree.
Now I’m not a purist. I think realistically we need to have a safety net of some sort, and I think that maybe the government might even intervene in some catastrophic care. Of course there’s the Catch 22 of creating dependency and instilling a belief that the government will take care of your problems when you can’t... More so, the question becomes the honesty and integrity of our government officials, which I don’t need to tell you are severely lacking. I honestly don’t have any clue how such a system could possibly be set up to accomplish its actual goal without massive abuse and fraud from citizens and especially the government.