[JWBear]

I have to ask you Alex, is healthcare the only public service that you don’t want to see paid for by the government? Do you also object to the government providing police and fire protection free to all who need it? Did you pay them for their services the last time you had to call them? If not, why not?

I presume your stance include public schools, what about “free” hospitals and clinics? Museums? Public parks? Historic monuments? Should all of these be privatized; sold off to the highest bidder in the name of Capitalism? Everyone has to pay, and if you can’t afford it… SOL! Sorry poor Americans, you can’t educate your children, visit Yellowstone, Gettysburg, or the Smithsonian. These are only for those who can pay. Your house is on fire? Your credit’s not good? You gotta hand over the cash first before the firefighters arrive! You’re sick? No money, no medication, no free lunches.

Don’t get me wrong… I’m as fond of Capitalism as the next guy. But Capitalism taken to extremes is as evil as any other system taken to the extreme. There are just some things that shouldn’t be subject to the profit motive. I (and a growing number of my fellow Americans, it would seem) believe that health care is one of those things.