Dave wrote:

On Thu, 6 Dec 2007 18:05:14 -0800, "Capt. JG" said:


Ah, so you have a plan, an employer, and a living wage. Unlike people who
are poor and children, you have choices. Not much of humanitarian I take it.


Ah, the old "ya gotta do it for the po' folks" argument. The politicians
have found that it's hard to get votes by handing out things just to the po'
folks. The new game is to hand things out to everybody and then explain that
somebody else (typically "the rich") is going to pay for it. That's how we
got the infamous donut hole.

The old Gotta do it for the po' argument? Right on, Dave! - Let's all
work together to put down all those bleeding heart arguments. The less
we talk about the poor, the better. - And the happier we all will be.

And if the poor (and middle class) can't afford to pay $30,000 for a
hospital stay, or emergency care, or to save enough (under a tax
shielded pre-payment savings plan) to pay $$$$ for a surgical procedure
or $$$$$$ for long-term cancer treatment, etc., then that's the way the
cookie crumbles in a free enterprise society. (After all, they had the
same OPPORTUNITIES, didn't they?) Or if they don't want to loose their
job or leave their children to wait all day for free or subsidized care,
that's their choice, right? And if they become more seriously ill or
die, as Scrooge told us, perhaps they should "go ahead and do so, and
thereby REDUCE THE SURPLUS POPULATION."

- Best medical care in the world, right Dave? If you have the money,
that is, or if your employer is one of the few still offering
comprehensive coverage, or if you haven't been laid off or downsized.

Yeah, let's get over that "gotta do it fo the poor" (and middle class)
syndrome.

Jim