GOP Hopes Elections Will Stall Healthcare

>>> We have a previous poster here (ttnewton, below) who claims he gets no benefit

>>> from government military protection, police protection, courts of law, prisons,

>>> fire departments, schools, roads, public landfills, Medicare, Social Security,

>>> regulated utilities, the FDIC, the Federal Reserve, or any other social thing

>>> provided or controlled by government.

One important component which defines a socialist program is that one "class" of citizen is defined who is forced to pay for the program, and a different "class" of citizen is defined who is allowed to enjoy the benefits of the program. I don't consider public roads, police protection, national defense, or many other government programs socialist because they do not meet that simple criteria of socialism. To the extent there are benefits to non-socialist government programs, all taxpayers enjoy the generally comparable OPPORTUNITY to utilize and benefit from them.

But taking something we both support - public roads - for example, how would you feel if you were prohibited from driving upon them based upon your economic "class"? To make it particularly distasteful for you, imagine that you could watch people in my economic "class" drive to work down the roads you helped pay for, while you commuted by walking, or maybe flying if you could afford it, so long as you stayed off the "public" roads. Furthermore, to really make it hit home, what if you had paid 50x the taxes that went toward building those roads, than us allowed to drive upon them. Then to top it off, what if we called you arrogant scum as we drove by, because you resented our entitlements. If you will walk a mile in those moccasins, you may begin to understand why socialist programs are an affront to anyone who pays taxes, let alone to anyone who pays far more than their fair share.

I believe all taxpayers of our Country should be afforded "equal OPPORTUNITY" to enjoy the benefits of those collected taxes. So I am fundamentally against special entitlements that legally restrict tax-funded opportunities to only citizens of a particular economic class, race, or gender.

>>> You can believe that whatever taxes you pay are going to support the things you

>>> like in government. ... Or, you can believe your money is going to whatever

>>> government efforts are helpful to the business you're in or helpful to the

>>> customers who support it. ...

I'm not a member of the party that thinks what people are led to believe actually changes reality.

>>> You can load your gun and sit up nights if you want to--waiting to defend against

>>> whomever you think is coming to rob you for health care. I doubt you'll find

>>> anyone to shoot. It sure won't be me.

In fact, when socialist laws are enacted, they will be enforced by the armed law enforcement I pay for more than you - and believe in. (How ironic.) Describing this unjust confiscation as armed robbery by socialists such as yourself is a figure of speech.

ttnewton of AK 3:26PM September 23, 2009