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Reply: Feeding Tubes to Lose Weight?

it's official...public education in this country has finally failed.

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Reply: Bully Movie: Is Bullying Worse Today?

wow...what a great response jenlewi. well spoken.

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Reply: Adults Behaving Badly: Worse Today?

yeah...you are absolutely nuts. 200 years ago adults in the western hemisphere were enslaving...

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Reply: Should the government force you to have insurance?

am really tired of hearing the car insurance / homeowners insurance analogies. they don't...

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Reply: Should the government force you to have insurance?

you're missing the point. everyone should pay for themselves. i don't want to pay for you....

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Reply: Should the government force you to have insurance?

wow...are the two of you (who have responded) serious? you are justifying a reason(s) for...

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Reply: Single People Discrimination: Say What?

re: " I don't see that there is a good reason to give married people tax breaks, etc. It's...

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Reply: Spanking as Discipline: Yes or No?

dude...if anyone has been "more argumentative" and "self righteous" with their responses to...

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Reply: Doc, you have to treat me!

that's not kindness...that's forced contribution. kindness is when you have a choice to be...

Posted by apprd

that's not kindness...that's forced contribution. kindness is when you have a choice to be good or bad, and you chose good. taxpayers who have their income withheld each week to fund medicare and medicaid without their input are not being kind. if my employer asked me each week, "Do you want to contribute to medicare and medicaid?" and I said, "yes" then you can call me kind. compulsory behavior is not kindness; voluntary behavior is kindness.

i love that you love your fellow Americans, and are appreciative of the welfare our government demands. but don't confuse the source, or the intentions of those who fund those programs.

and no, socialism is not working in America. socialism has not worked in Europe. (wait for the london riots to reach chicago and new york). capitalism works in America. it's what the founders intended...no entitlements.

i wish you the best of luck...supporting four children alone with limited income is not easy in any city. and kindness is to be admired and encouraged...it is what every major religion in the world has taught for centuries (doesn't really matter which, they all value kindness to others). but the entitlement programs are not about kindness. they are about submission and votes. and they are used by political parties of all stripes to demonize each other and divide the country into haves and have nots, rich and poor, millionaires and joe plumbers. socialized medicine is and will be no different.

you should want more for your four children. you should want that they mature in a country with the best medicine and healthcare services in the world. only competition will achieve that.

while you keep looking for a country that has successfully implemented socialism, find me an industry that has succeeded with a union (another entitlement culture where everyone is supposed to support everyone else, and capitalism and competition is not only discouraged but reduced to mortal sin)

automotive?
airlines?
steel?
primary/secondary education?

all failures...we are in trouble when we add healthcare to that list.

the country needs to wake up to what is taking place, and stop drinking the kool-aid brewed since the 60s.View Thread

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Reply: Doc, you have to treat me!

exactly...find me a country where socialism has worked, and i'll pay for your next doctor's...

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