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Originally posted by taxwonk
What makes it a ridiculous proposition. We have spoken as a society and made clear our expectation that we will be provided with affordable health care. The cost cna be borne either by employers, as a cost of the value of labor, or it can be borne by the state, as the ultimate provider of externalities. Are you suggesting national health care or suggesting that the members of a democracy don't have the right to decide on and demand that their health needs be addressed?
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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.
