The breakdown between repub/dem

[holiday]

convo on health care.

This is an ongoing arguement at another place I go.

"And therein lies the basic problem, some people believe that health care (housing, food, medicine, standard of living...) are all basic rights.

But you know, I can't for the life of me find any document supporting those "rights" some people believe are theirs for the asking.

And since they aren't willing or able to pay for it themselves, everyone else should.

Since the Great Society programs began in the 60's this country has spent well over $6 trillion trying to eradicate poverty in this country. It isn't working, spending more and more isn't teaching personal responsibility at all. We have families that are generational on the welfare rolls. We have seen what that creates - people who depend on government because that's all they ever knew. They aspired to nothing higher. And we saw that as they stood on the rooftops in New Orleans, we saw that when they destroyed the Super Dome as well. Demanding someone else take care of them.

Yes, we have generations expecting more and more of others and never of themselves.

And nowhere in the Constitution does it state that we will provide everything one needs to sustain life and offer security of shelter, food and clothing. And soon, if some have their forced way, healthcare."






They don't see it as a healthcare as a right. I hear everything up above over and over again. Sometimes I wonder if these people are the types that haven't had tragedy hit yet? Oddly enough I don't remember this "little gov't" talk when Bush was president. I didn't hear this talk about how small gov't should be, how we should fear the census when Bush was pushing the Patriot Act. We fight constantly on this board and it's constantly comes down to dems understanding the plight of the poor while the repubs think the poor are on welfare for the fun of it while driving nice cars and eating steak every night.

But yet talk about an unborn baby... well abortion is murder for selfish reasons. Letting a cancer patient die because a health insurance company doesn't want to pay for her care... well that's the American way! I guess not all life is sacred.

Okay I feel better now :o)