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Except some of the people who don't want to pay for other people's healthcare either don't have kids or send their kids to private schools.
That's too bad. There are options for educating kids. But we all need healthcare. It is one thing that is truly universal. Taxes for public education eat up a lot of money and I'd rather see that money go to a good health care system accessible to all. This is an issue for older lower income people who get no tax breaks and individual health insurance premiums are very high, at the age when they really start to need health care.
Other people have to provide you with your rights all the time.
You think you have some God-given right to liberty, equality, and pursuit of happiness. It's not God who is giving you that; it's people in the form of collective investment into those ideals. If nobody had to give you anything for it, we wouldn't need a military with people willing to put their lives on the line to protect your rights.
And with healthcare, it should be accessible to all members of society. Call it what you want.
Actually written right into the Bill of Rights....
The barrel of a gun, works. I can say NO.
Apparently education is a right for all children, something society provides through taxes as opposed to the parents. People who cannot afford health insurance are paying for someone else's kids school. So maybe health care should be a right too.
My daughter goes to private school that I pay for. I should have the right to not pay property taxes.
You were failed by your parents and teachers. They did not raise and educate you on HOW to be a kind compassionate person who cares for others and respects the rights of the individual. <<< see what I did there?
Forcing healthcare on others, when it isn't a right, is immoral and repulsive.
Hey, I donate my time and airplane to fly critically ill children to see specialists.
But then I write the entire thing off on my taxes. The fuel and maintenance is factored in. Do that several times a year and my tax rate is zero. Combined with my tax credits and you owe me.
My daughter goes to private school that I pay for. I should have the right to not pay property taxes.
So, since I never had kids at all, that means I shouldn't have had to pay property taxes either? It should work both ways or not at all. Personally, I'm willing to pay property taxes to fund public schools so that other peoples' kids will grow up with at least a certain amount of basic knowledge. Property taxes also fund other things like fire, rescue squad, and police services, to the best of my recollection.
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