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Originally posted by Mmmm, Burger (C.J.)
I ams suggesting that if as a society we expect all people to have access to affordable health care then we as a society should be willing to pay for it through taxes. Right now, only the first proposition is true, which leads to disingenuous rationalizations as to how the latter can (and should) be accomplished through mandates, expectations, or free-riding.
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Why would we have to make it aprt of the government and bury it in beauracracy? I find it much preferable to make it aprt of the expected package of benefits that come with employment. Much like the market wage, and pensions, an affordable health plan is something most people demand from an employer, leaving those with less choice in employment at the mercy of unscrupulous employers like Wal-Mart who don't offer it.
As a society we are as right to villify Wal-Mart for not providing health care as we were to villify Nike for using Asian children working for slave wages.
For someone who claims to be a conservative, you show an amazing lack of appreciation for the fact that in our capitalist society the market participants haqve as great a voice as the government.
