i really wish the gov't would stop touching everything i do. i'm a big boy, i can take care of myself. i don't need medicare, social security, minimum wage, or health care provided for me because i can do it myself. i wish congress would stop treating me like an idiot who would go to work without my pants on if they weren't there with some pants-on maintanance program...when the fed's mess with stuff it tends just to get bigger, more annoying, and inneficient. ok, i'm done ranting, sorry. feel free to answer the question if you'd like =)
2007-01-23 16:37:45 · 12 answers · asked by f0876and1_2 5 in Politics & Government ➔ Government
The only good answer is that we are in a global economy and US companies are competing with companies in countries with nationalized health care. Therefore, the price of the product from the other country is lower because the health care cost of insuring the company's employees is not factored into the cost of the product.
This is a huge burden on US companies. I have a small business and employ just two people full time. My costs for health insurance have risen astronomically, 25% just last year.
2007-01-23 16:52:54 · answer #1 · answered by Zora 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because we don't want to be a country that lets people, especially children, die in the street just because they hit a run of bad luck. Our current system of sending the people without health care to county hospitals doesn't work very well, so maybe a basic health care program for them would. You're lucky that you *can* do it yourself--that you weren't born with a substandard IQ, or in an environment where you never realized you could do better, or with an illness (mental or physical) that kept you from reaching your whole potential. I'm lucky, too. A lot of us in this country are....
And we don't want to be a country that lets poor people die in the streets. So the government will encourage us to buy health insurance, and will continue to do some small amount toward helping the poor. More power to 'em!
I'm also glad about raising the minimum wage :-)
2007-01-24 00:57:24 · answer #2 · answered by Vaughn 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
most likely... you lived in an area with good schools... had supportive parents... and had some help along the way from friends and parents... and you're probably decently intelligent...
many people have few or none of these things... and you would be amazed at how difficult life becomes when these simple pleasures you take for granted aren't there anymore...
that one time a friend really helped you out... and got you out of a jam... there's a person that didn't have that friend... and that jam ruined their life...
the simple fact is... insurance is REALLY expensive... and more and more jobs aren't offering it, because it's so costly...
so all those people that work at those jobs, most low paying jobs... can't afford health insurance... so they are one accident away from being basically in medical bill servitude if it's a long recovery...
so we as a society, have a choice to make... not help them if they aren't insured and let them die... or help them and everyone else pitch it...
2007-01-24 01:24:15 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Answer? The government SHOULDN'T have anything to do with healthcare or health insurance.
A few weeks ago I read a Yahoo Question from a guy in Canada who was having an EKG test on his heart the following week... for a heart abnormality that was found 16 months ago!! Even he said, "Welcome to Socialized Medicine"... Obviously it's free (right... what, the Canadian people don't fund the canadian government??) But the flip side of "free" is, you wait over a year for a test that'd take 30 minutes to get in any hospital in America... a test for your HEART.... Not worth it in my book.
I could rant more, too... but will restrain myself..
2007-01-24 01:24:09 · answer #4 · answered by Amy S 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because there are many people that can't afford health insurance, just like many people can't afford private schooling which is why the government runs schools also.
I am a far right Republican but I must agree with the socialist liberals on these cases. But everything you said was correct, most people can take care of it themselves. Probably a better solution would be to pay for or help pay for private heathcare and schooling (because public schools SUCK)
2007-01-24 00:52:19 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I very much agree with you. Unfortunately, responsible people such as ourselves are a minority in this country. Government largesse has turned our people into a nation of rent-seekers. I did a calculation of how much better off I would have been had my Social Security taxes been invested in a totally mindless pile of stocks (the DJIA) over the years. I would have four times as much money as my Social Security is worth.
2007-01-24 00:44:23 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Because, what kind of a society would we be... if we let our sick, old, and indigent members die alone in the streets? I completely agree with you. I do it all myself, as well. I hate having a negative consequence for someone else's inability to take responsibility for their actions. I think rewarding someone's bad choices with free money is absurd... But alas, here we are.
2007-01-24 00:50:49 · answer #7 · answered by Custo 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I completly agree, but some people just cant get the concept of personal responsibility, so they feel that the government should hand them their life on a nice little platter with a bow, instead of working hard for their own life
2007-01-24 00:42:18 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
To sum it up the govt controls most everything for a reason. And then people whine about not being a free country. Cant please everyone all at once. Too many of us.
2007-01-24 00:49:51 · answer #9 · answered by Kyle B 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
we neat the caverns to control all his citizens
from health ,for security ,from invasion fro others
to protect the pour and gives schools.in return we work and pay the politician with are money
2007-01-24 01:36:05 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋