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Well, I'm a capitalist through and through.. But, socialism has its place.. For example, it wouldn't work very well if your capitalistic fire department showed up at your house and watched it burn down because you didn't pay your bill.. Fortunately, your socialistic fire department will put out your fire even if you didn't pay your bill..
Now, I suppose you could say that that's STEALING from the people whose houses didn't burn down, but that would be stupid, wouldn't it?
Socialism is about stealing one person's money, giving it to another as if it was yours to give in your own name, and giving the government omnipotent control over food, healthcare, and speech. In socialized healthcare Britain we find out, if it's likely you will die, you get NO care even if you have all the money and support in the world...
"The father of terminally ill toddler Alfie Evans said Thursday that he plans to meet doctors to discuss taking his son home from a British hospital.
Pope Francis has been praying for the boy, and the Italian government granted the child Italian citizenship and lined up a transportation plan that could swiftly bring the sick 23-month-old boy to a Vatican hospital. But Alfie’s doctors say he cannot be healed and shouldn’t make the trip at all.
On Tuesday, a British judge sided with the doctors, saying that the family cannot accept the offer to take Alfie to the Vatican for treatment. An appeals court swiftly re-heard the case and upheld the previous day’s ruling, saying on Wednesday that Alfie cannot leave the country."
This is why we don't want socialized healthcare. The government decides who is worthy of living and who is not, then taxes you into oblivion to pay for it, and tells you it's "free", and then there's no actual guarantee you get help if you get seriously ill because of "prioritization" of funds. Exactly how a scam artist works.
Again, do you mean you and your split personality?
The government decides who is worthy of living and who is not
Bronto much preferred it when money decided who was worthy of living and people were being left out in the street to die on hospital gurneys. He thought Sicko was a comedy.
You prepay for socialist healthcare. Isn't it nice of them to then give it to you and claim it cost you nothing, and that they gave it to you for free?
I have the right to choose what to do with my body. With socialized healthcare, less people will die, but you want people dead before they receive charity. Also, I have the absolute right to CHOOSE how and when I die, my body, my right to choose, fucktard.
Nice of them to tax at 55.8% and then tell you it's free, then act like they are righteous for overcharging you and giving you for free from your own pocket.
but you want people dead before they receive charity.
I want everyone to have anything and everything.
I also refuse to give untrustworthy government entities omnipotent power over medicine, food, and services. It always ends in totalitarianism, rationing, people scrounging for food from trash cans, and death panels.
Sure I do, but I'm a realist. I don't assume groups known for terrorism won't kill our kids, that MS-13 will stop cutting peoples' hearts out in Satanic rituals, that the money will never run out, or that our healthcare is safe in politicians' hands when everything else in their hands turns to trash.
Also, I have the absolute right to CHOOSE how and when I die, my body, my right to choose, fucktard.
So are you saying that you have the right to commit suicide? If you are Christian, I would presume that God wouldn't want you to die. You can choose to kill yourself, which would apply to how and when you would die, but apart from that, death just happens out of nowhere, you can never really know when you're going to die.