Breaking Bad....Only in America

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Well, the Brits do probably pay more taxes in accordance though. They are used to it. Though for Americans, who hate the mere thought of their coin slipping through their fingers, I'd say that it needs some getting used to. Increase of government services requires either an increase of Tax(and believe it or not, taxing the rich more will not be adequate. Everyone must be taxed more.), or increase of government owned businesses that will generate revenue to pay for it. Else, you'd have more and more internal debt, though internal debt is something that the US certainly does not lack in.

In my opinion, that certainly is a good deal, like, paying more tax, and receiving free healthcare, though some people do not feel the need to pay for other people's health, and in the US, I'd say that they're right. High numbers of drug addicts, high numbers of obese people, high numbers of people with STD's....The Americans simply do not wish to be healthy as it seems, and I don't see how anyone should be obliged to look after the health of someone else that does not do the same for his own person, by eating fatty food, engaging in excessive unprotected fornication or using illegal drugs.
Cigarettes and alcohol are there too, though I don't know much about the prominence of those as causes of major health problems in the US.

Free healthcare is first and foremost a deal. A public contract. And people who act in ways to bring various forms of illnesses upon themselves break that contract. And when one talks of universal healthcare for a country, one should look at the prominence of the collective consciousness within that country. A sense of unity must be in the minds of the citizens, a feeling of obligation to your fellow countrymen. I don't see that in the US. You might say, have you ever been there? No. But from what I gathered from my conversations with Americans on the Internet, I'd say that roughly 300 years of existence has not really contributed to much in those areas.

I'd say that the US taxpayer money, and all legislations, laws and etc. that are made after this point on, should be there to improve the overall health of the Americans by promoting healthy lifestyles, banning fast food, introducing healthier food choices into the kitchens of the average Americans, combatting drugs more efficiently(instead of legalizing them as some have suggested here), and to promote a healthy and regulated sexuality by education and the ban of material in the media that glorifies irresponsible behavior.
Then, when a better health standard has been established, a universal healthcare should be implemented.

Although, I think that the US government could spare some money to allow its citizens to get a check in a hospital for minor ailments.