(October 29, 2015 at 5:52 pm)Rhythm Wrote:That would be a case of special pleading if it's not to be applied in other areas as well. Opt out of having your tax dollars go to paying the police, fire departments, public works, sewage, military etc., if your willing to be 100$ financially responsible for such services when you need them.Quote:I think it would be fair to give an "opt out" (as in opt out of paying into the system entirely, both on individual policies and your tax dollars going to others) to those of us who don't want to participate if you are willing to be 100% financially responsible for any medical bills you incur. As I said, I believe in natural selection. I would not seek treatment for any major disease that was not natural. My body, my choice.Willing to be financially responsible does not equal -capable- of being financially responsible, and our healthcare system isn't set up (nor should it be) as an aide to natural selection....
"Hey uh, I know I said I was willing, turns out I can't afford it."
"Hey uh, I said I wouldn't seek treatment, but this cancer will kill me if I don't"
What do we do, tell you to go fuck off and die for your "principles"? Thanks, no thanks. Make a never ending and massive stream of exceptions to the rule? What's the point of the rule then?
The tax system is confusing enough without having everybody pick and choose what their individual tax dollars can and cannot pay for.
The god who allows children to be raped out of respect for the free will choice of the rapist, but punishes gay men for engaging in mutually consensual sex couldn't possibly be responsible for an intelligently designed universe.
I may defend your right to free speech, but i won't help you pass out flyers.
Those who can make you believe absurdities, can make you commit atrocities.
--Voltaire
Nietzsche isn't dead. How do I know he lives? He lives in my mind.
I may defend your right to free speech, but i won't help you pass out flyers.
Those who can make you believe absurdities, can make you commit atrocities.
--Voltaire
Nietzsche isn't dead. How do I know he lives? He lives in my mind.