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Originally posted by Atticus Grinch
2. All government is essentially a risk pool. Either you want low premiums or you want covered claims. Can't have both. Period.
Libertarians don't have a good answer for who provides the schizophrenics with the padded room and who takes custody of the abused kids. Life ain't Little House on the Prairie. If you thought Victorian London was a paradise, vote Paul.
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Putting aside that I have no problem dealing if I was King with the schizos and the psychos, what is your solution; i.e where do you draw the line? I realize this is a metaphor, but at what point do I have to pay for the fuck-up from my high school to sit at home with his 42-inch TV doing meth because he has "ADHD?" Put another way, at what point do I have to stop paying for a 400-pound person's mobile chair to get around the Mall of America?
Someone mentioned starvation earlier. IT DOES NOT EXIST IN THE U.S. You can order something like 8 choices off the dollar menu at McDonalds that provide over 500 calories per item; i.e. 2000 calories per day for $4.00. The minimum wage here in CA just went to $8.00 per hour. I'm not saying they are good calories or a great life, but no one is starving, unless by choice.
