you didnt read my post. i never said i like him. i just dont understand why everyone here hates him when anyone other option would be just as bad.
Health care in this country is a huge issue and the issue is greed. 50 years ago your family doctor worked from a small office and lived a middle class life. you knew who he was by name and he would talk to you at the grocery store. through insurance company's and flat out highway robbery they now work in massive buildings with all the latest, greatest and expensive luxuries, such as flat screen tvs to show informative healthcare nonsense, or 300 gallon saltwater fishtanks that they pay other companys to maintain. these things come out of your pocket. not to mention the mansions they live in or the 70,000 dollar cars they drive. and with all of those luxuries they still have the morel inept to let you die if you cant pay for an operation that will save your life. no insurance? sorry cant help you. something has to be done about this. But what? obama thought of something and tried it. maybe it will work, maybe not, but it is something.
That's not what you said. You said that you don't like his beliefs (and you didn't clarify, so it could be his love for basketball), but what you also said was that you
1) are benefiting from the hard work of others because he and others before him have used the power and the authority of the federal government to legalize theft and redistribute the property of others
and
2) have fallen for the class warfare rhetoric lobbed at health care which attempts to demonize doctors for earning money and spending it however they choose
and
3) have firmly planted your feet in the idiocy known as liberalism by embracing the notion that someone who can't afford to pay for the life-saving procedure should be granted one anyway.
Here are my responses according to each item's number.
1. Obama doesn't have some stash that he hands out to people like your wife because they've fallen on hard times. That money came from people like me and my husband who've worked and paid into a system that rewards lazy and unproductive people. Your wife is essentially stealing. Charity is not being told to give up a third of your paycheck so the government can decide who is deserving of it. It's not MY responsibility to see to it that your or your wife's needs are met.
2. Why do you care how another person spends his lawfully earned money?
3. Do you have the knowledge and skill and experience to perform a quadruple bypass surgery on an individual successfully? Me either. So if you or I need one, we're gonna have to find someone who does, huh? And that also means we probably have to pay him for his time and labor. And since he's probably one of a handful of docs that can actually do it, he pretty much gets to set his price. If we don't have it, we might be able to shop around or barter or negotiate. But if none of those work, I guess we don't get it. If that means we die, we die. Newsflash: we all die. And nobody ever guaranteed an individual a long and healthy life. So, yeah, you either reimburse the good doc for his troubles or you don't get the care.
Oh, wait. You weren't suggesting that we actually force the doc to perform the procedure without paying him, were you?
No, no, no. You were thinking that you could just use the force of the federal government again to take more of the money that isn't yours to use for your benefit. Yeah. I'm with ya now.
If this seems overly harsh you'll forgive my intense dislike for people who, after throwing their own freedom in trash, want to do the same for me.
has your husband needed a heart transplant or a kidney transplant? maybe even one of your children if you have any? tell them your logic on this subject if your not fortunate enough to afford the bill.
where is the theft here? im not getting how i am being labeled a lazy welfare thief over this post. and again i really hope that your never in a situation where someone has the ability to save your life or that of a loved one and will not for whatever reason. i will always do everything in my power to save someone from death. i was just touching on the fact that our country as a whole is far too greedy. i never said doctors should work for free and never said anything about theft. and to say that using tax dollars is theft is ridiculous in light of the fact MY MONEY IS IN THERE TOO.
where is the theft here? im not getting how i am being labeled a lazy welfare thief over this post. and again i really hope that your never in a situation where someone has the ability to save your life or that of a loved one and will not for whatever reason. i will always do everything in my power to save someone from death. i was just touching on the fact that our country as a whole is far too greedy. i never said doctors should work for free and never said anything about theft. and to say that using tax dollars is theft is ridiculous in light of the fact MY MONEY IS IN THERE TOO.
So, if you steal $15,000 from me, then add $500 of your own to it and buy yourself a car, you don't realize that you've still taken $15,000 from me?
Come on everyone..... Group hug here!
Isn't arguing politics uh... fun?
and since you posted your income ill say one more thing. i am paying far more than you for all of the things you use that come from tax dollars including my wife's education
not really, and im finished.
If you are earning far more than me, then it is utterly disgraceful that you have chosen to live a welfare lifestyle. Have some pride.