Exactly. Or how about my original situation. I was a grad student when I developed Type i diabetes. It was something that doesn't run in my family nor was my lifestyle one that created the condition. So how the hell was I to plan for that?
That's the thing that ticks me off about libertarianism. it is so blaming (one of the 12 basic irrational ideas) of people. Especially when its not th e person's fault. On Thu, Aug 16, 2012 at 10:19 PM, Casey Dougall - Uber Website Solutions <ca...@uberwebsitesolutions.com> wrote: > > On Thu, Aug 16, 2012 at 11:02 PM, Justin Scott <leviat...@darktech.org>wrote: > >> The libertarian part of me thinks people should plan >> ahead as much as possible on their own by providing their own safety >> net and reducing risks, but the realist in me knows that not everyone >> has the means to cover expenses and things can happen through no fault >> of your own which would otherwise ruin people financially, so >> insurance is a necessity of modern life. >> > > > So you can go on long term disability tomorrow because you just found out > you have *Parkinson* disease? > > Good luck with that bro... I'll send $10 to your paypal when I feel like it! > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:353868 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm