Should people be forced to pay for others? Poll attached. (abortion, world)

[2sleepy]

Originally Posted by Frank DeForrest

Roads should be privately owned and funded...like everything else

lol that's priceless. Do you know what it would cost each homeowner to have a road built in front of their house, and how useless the road would be if just 10% of homeowners opted out? You guys just don't think these things through do you? It's like the libertarian wet dream of privatizing fire departments; you pay a monthly fee to a private fire department for services, but when your uninsured neighbors house burns to the ground unfortunately so does yours. Or the private police department where felony arrests are ignored because they take more time and as a result cut into profits.

[lifeexplorer]

Originally Posted by 2sleepy

uh huh...and libertarians scream as loud as everyone else when there's a pothole on the street & they want it fixed

Roads and looking after your own family are the same things.

Forcing me to look after your family is slavery. No better word to describe it.

[lifeexplorer]

Originally Posted by 2sleepy

lol that's priceless. Do you know what it would cost each homeowner to have a road built in front of their house, and how useless the road would be if just 10% of homeowners opted out? You guys just don't think these things through do you? It's like the libertarian wet dream of privatizing fire departments; you pay a monthly fee to a private fire department for services, but when your uninsured neighbors house burns to the ground unfortunately so does yours. Or the private police department where felony arrests are ignored because they take more time and as a result cut into profits.

Do you know how you pay internet? Roads can be paid the same way.

[L8Gr8Apost8]

Originally Posted by lifeexplorer

Roads and looking after your own family are the same things.

Forcing me to look after your family is slavery. No better word to describe it.

What should happen to kids whose parents can't feed them?

[lifeexplorer]

Originally Posted by L8Gr8Apost8

What should happen to kids whose parents can't feed them?

Better question: why should people be allowed to have children that they can afford to feed??? Isn’t that child abuse?

[L8Gr8Apost8]

Originally Posted by lifeexplorer

Better question: why should people be allowed to have children that they can afford to feed???

Because it's a free country. Do you really want the government deciding who can have kids and who can't? So what should happen to these kids?

[lifeexplorer]

Originally Posted by L8Gr8Apost8

Because it's a free country. Do you really want the government deciding who can have kids and who can't? So what should happen to these kids?

So child abuse and forcing others to pay for your child care are freedom of this country?

[L8Gr8Apost8]

Originally Posted by lifeexplorer

So child abuse and forcing others to pay for your child care are freedom of this country?

Can we settle the first question before we move on? I'm also interested in how we should "disallow" poor people from having kids.

[lifeexplorer]

Originally Posted by L8Gr8Apost8

What should happen to kids whose parents can't feed them?

The children should be immediately put for for adoption.

The parents should be fined or jailed for child abuse.

[L8Gr8Apost8]

Originally Posted by lifeexplorer

The children should be immediately put for for adoption.

The parents should be fined or jailed for child abuse.

That sounds expensive. Are you willing to voluntarily pay for that? It's your desire so you should pay for it. Forcing me to pay for it is taxation and slavery!