PS. Why does the left never ask why we funneled trillions into banks and lenders? Why do they just blame "capitalism" and never ask why?
On Sep 30, 4:06 pm, LimboIndo <[email protected]> wrote: > Healthcare is absolutely not a right... > > The same as public education and Social Security. But is healthcare > reform the right thing to do for our country? > > People argue against it with various lame ducks arguments e.g. > > "We have the best health care in the world, don't mess it > up"http://www.photius.com/rankings/healthranks.html > The WHO ranks us 37th between Costa Rica and Slovenia. > > "It will ruin our economy"http://www.x-rates.com/ > Canada, Great Britian, and the EU all have free health care. Our > currency is worth 70% of the Pound and Euro. > > How could a healthier work force harm America? How could a security > blanket from a global pandemic hurt America? Americans did not make > such a fuss when Bush funneled more than a trillion (that's > 1,000,000,000,000) dollars of our money into corporate bank accounts. > Is this the capitalist system at its finest? I didn't see people > holding signs of Bush with a Hitler moustache, screaming "socialism". > > The classical ideal of how much government we should have dates back > thousands of years. It's simply "We should rely on the Government for > things we cannot rely on ourselves" i.e. When the Constitution was > written I would wager at least 90% of all Americans were almost or > entirely self sufficient. They grew their own food, made their own > clothes, taught their own children etc.. That is not the case today. > We live in a different world than our founding fathers. > > On Sep 30, 5:05 pm, LadybugsTX <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > "A right is something that does not impose an obligation on anybody > > else. A right is given to you by God and nature and no one can take > > it from you. Healthcare is a commodity that enslaves people to the > > producers of that commodity". > > Bill Whittle - PJTV.com > > >http://www.pjtv.com/v/2457 > > > "A government big enough to give you everything you want, is strong > > enought to take everything you have" > > Thomas Jefferson- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. * Read the latest breaking news, and more. -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
