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Originally Posted by derrell
To the folks from outside the U.S. who wonder about the furor, the reason that this causes such an uproar here has been mentioned in another thread. Taking control of healthcare is seen as a huge step inside of what many consider personal boundaries that government no matter how well intentioned has no business being involved in. I've seen the long list of other socialized programs that we have no problem with, thats not entirely true at least some of us do have problems with them. We see the slow creep of government control into every part of our lives and we have serious reservations about where it will end. Healthcare is just a flashpoint that tends to set enough people off that it is finally noticeable.
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Do you have a problem with the government providing a police service? An education service? A fire department? A defence force? Waste and sanitation services? Roads and rail services?
These are all "socialized" services.
If you have no problem with those services being provided by government I really can't fathom why you would have a problem with socialized health care? Is health care any less of a universal need than any of the above?
Or should everyone be obliged to pay for their own personal security guards, tutors, fire brigade, army etc etc, like, it seems, they are required to pay for their health care?
Cheers,
PKFFW