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Originally posted by CJFusco
[BOh, and as far as "free" public schools go; your education is paid for by other peoples' tax money (you didn't pay taxes in grade school, did you?). This reallocation of resources so that one doesn't have to pay for a social service is the ESSENCE of Socialism. [/B]
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Where does one draw the line, though? Do we all throw our money in a pot and just grab a wad when we need it? What's yourn is mine and what's mine is yourn. For better or worse, that doesn't sound like America. We are too materialistic, and we strive too hard for the American dream to give it up collectively. I feel the strength of America lies in the fact we have the capacity and ability to achieve any level of success. If we are automatically entitled to various resources, we lose the motivation to achieve. When individuals are forced to make decisions about their lives, they will evaluate cost vs. benefit. When an individual is entitled to a benefit, the concept of cost goes out the window. The populace suffers due to the waste upon one. So, under socialist health care, costs skyrocket and the individual takes without consequence. It's OK, though, because we're doing good, right?
I constantly hear about corporate greed and corruption. It is definitely an ill of capitalism, but that is the very thing that dooms socialism.
Quite simply, I'm caught up in your term "free." It makes me feel like I am getting something for nothing, and that is not the case.
Jurgen
without health insurance, but it is my own choice