tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-152531948987661466.post1266522373325343521..comments2023-05-11T07:07:23.338-05:00Comments on Christianity Lived Out: Just Because It's a Good Idea . . .Frances Clementshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15477255521646203102noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-152531948987661466.post-77969689165836897542009-08-01T09:32:27.566-05:002009-08-01T09:32:27.566-05:00Hey Kerry,
I agree with you which is why I don'...Hey Kerry,<br />I agree with you which is why I don't think the government should be involved in health care at all. Then my tax dollars would not be paying for craziness. I think that the care of the aged/sick should be in the hands of the family/church/community. Disability insurance is the responsibility of the person to purchase not the government to provide.Frances Clementshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15477255521646203102noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-152531948987661466.post-58612107989527825422009-08-01T08:07:50.862-05:002009-08-01T08:07:50.862-05:00I get exactly what you are saying and of course we...I get exactly what you are saying and of course we want as little government as possible. However, let me throw a monkey wrench in here:<br /><br />Where do we draw a line about people's right to be stupid? Example is, people smoke and in this country over the age of 18 they have a right to that stupidity. However, when they get lung cancer or COPD, we as a society ending up paying either directly for their health care (medicaid/medicare), or indirectly through our own increased insurance rates to pay for their uncompensated care. <br /><br />Then of course, Mr(s). Free to Smoke can't work anymore, so then they receive disability and their family goes on welfare, etc etc etc. <br /><br />The same can be said for obesity and the right to be stupid and consume tens of thousands of calories a day, which then leads to diabetes/heart disease/ loss of mobility/inability to work .... and we end up paying. <br /><br />So, if people have the right to be stupid, then shouldn't the government/we as a society have the right to not pay the financial costs of their stupidity? <br /><br />A caution to anyone reading this, I am not expressing any particular opinion, I am just trying to address how difficult this is and how much it costs us when people have freedom to be stupid.OneMomhttp://onemom.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.com