On 7/2/2012 10:15 AM, Mike Marlow wrote:
Keith Nuttle wrote:
On 7/1/2012 8:27 AM, Dave wrote:
On Sun, 01 Jul 2012 02:43:29 -0600, Just Wondering
feds a penalty. SCOTUS has now upheld the penalty as a tax. For
people who don't already have insurance because they can't afford
it, it amounts to a tax on the poor for being poor. Nice going,
Barack Hussein.

And what did the poor do for health care before? The answer is that
they would be forced to go on Medicaid. And, being forced to go on
Medicaid meant that they had to declare themselves and in effect be
completely indigent.

Tax on the poor versus being completely indigent. That's some choice!

Before the government got involved the family with the help of the
community handle problems where the family could not afford health
care.

Yeahbut social changes outside of the government are as responsible for
things as the government - or perhaps more so. People became more "me"
focused and less concerned for others around them. He who dies with the
most toys and all that crap. Attitudes like that created competitive social
environments as opposed to cooperative social environments. The government
had nothing to do with that. Look right around your own surroundings to see
that in action even today. Maybe not the "most toys" thing, but certainly
the distance that has grown between memebers of a community. Today people
are proud of themselves for donating a few bucks to a cause. Doesn't
usually go any further than that.

The socialist elements have created an environment that promotes
"me"ism. Before the socialist programs, as a last resort each individual
knew that he HAD to depend on family and the people around him. With
the socialist programs this has changed, and now the last resort is a
government program.