Yeah, I remember those people, too, the ones who would come into the office and spread their germs around to every other person there. Then the office would be like a mausoleum for a couple of months, and we'd struggle to cover everyone's positions. Really selfish, the people who do that. But then, my take on most American Libertarian types is exactly that: Selfish and immature. They can only see themselves and their own needs/wants.
It's true, you cannot be denied health care in this country if you go to a hospital emergency room. But here's a scenario I've seen played out several times: Guy works his whole life, does everything right, has his little suburbo house, a little savings, wife, kids and yada yada. Suddenly, after age 55, he is laid off his long-term job. Can't find another, and part of the reason for that is because companies don't want to assume the liability in their own health insurance plans for an older worker. Cheaper and easier to hire the young ones instead. Suddenly, he suffers a massive health issue. Maybe a heart attack, maybe a stroke, maybe he just trips and shatters his ankle. Everything he ever worked his whole life for is now owed to the hospital. Sure, he was treated. But here he is, on the cusp of retirement, and he's starting all over again. What a life he's got now!
Is this the society you want? The one that can bankrupt you on the brink of retirement because you suffered a medical misadventure?
I don't get it, I really don't. We require people to carry vehicle insurance because of the potential liabilities involved in driving. But medical insurance, which EVERYONE is going to need sooner or later... we resist spreading that risk? Makes no sense to me at all.
And don't even get me started on the tax issue. If I have to hear one more time about how poor corporations in this country are taxed at 35%... sure, that's the tax rate -- THAT NONE OF THEM PAY. Tell me about their EFFECTIVE tax rate -- which is often NOTHING -- and then tell me all about how we're hobbling those noble corporations with our disastrous tax rate. As for the super-wealthy in this country? Tax-wise, they've never had it so good. They have done extremely well out of the past several administrations. Makes me sick enough to need decent health insurance.
It's true, you cannot be denied health care in this country if you go to a hospital emergency room. But here's a scenario I've seen played out several times: Guy works his whole life, does everything right, has his little suburbo house, a little savings, wife, kids and yada yada. Suddenly, after age 55, he is laid off his long-term job. Can't find another, and part of the reason for that is because companies don't want to assume the liability in their own health insurance plans for an older worker. Cheaper and easier to hire the young ones instead. Suddenly, he suffers a massive health issue. Maybe a heart attack, maybe a stroke, maybe he just trips and shatters his ankle. Everything he ever worked his whole life for is now owed to the hospital. Sure, he was treated. But here he is, on the cusp of retirement, and he's starting all over again. What a life he's got now!
Is this the society you want? The one that can bankrupt you on the brink of retirement because you suffered a medical misadventure?
I don't get it, I really don't. We require people to carry vehicle insurance because of the potential liabilities involved in driving. But medical insurance, which EVERYONE is going to need sooner or later... we resist spreading that risk? Makes no sense to me at all.
And don't even get me started on the tax issue. If I have to hear one more time about how poor corporations in this country are taxed at 35%... sure, that's the tax rate -- THAT NONE OF THEM PAY. Tell me about their EFFECTIVE tax rate -- which is often NOTHING -- and then tell me all about how we're hobbling those noble corporations with our disastrous tax rate. As for the super-wealthy in this country? Tax-wise, they've never had it so good. They have done extremely well out of the past several administrations. Makes me sick enough to need decent health insurance.
