2010-03-22, 07:41 PM
Holypie Wrote:I don't get all of the rage towards this. You're paying more tax, sure, but the country as a whole gets free health care. So those people who don't have a crapload of money but have the misfortune to get some deadly disease? They won't die now. You're SAVING LIVES with this, I think it's great. (And no, rich people get the benefit too so it isn't Robin Hood-ing, it's distributing the benefits to the country as a whole (then again America has a more "rights for the individual who can afford it" outlook whereas Canada has a more "rights for society as a whole" way of seeing things, I'm leaning mroe towards society as a whole))
I don't care about some kid I'll never meet being saved by this. I'm not getting sick much, I don't really need this. I'd be paying for some other person's benefit. If I don't even support myself, I shouldn't have to help others get support.
What's that? Little Suzie in Texas needs surgery that her family can't afford? That's nice, but don't make me pay for that shit. I don't even pay for my own health care, and if I had to then I wouldn't. For me it's not worth it, because I rarely get sick with anything other than the cold.
I guess you can say I'm a bit too spoiled by the American "rights for the individual who can afford it" outlook.