Well since the top 1% wealthiest people in the US own more total wealth than the combined wealth of 95% of the people in the US, I would say them SOB's better start kickin' in.

Thomas Jefferson said: "Without Health, there can be no Liberty or Freedom".

"start kickin' in?"

Are you kidding me? The top percentile already covers way over half the federal tax reciepts.. and they don't just swim in the rest.. it's mostly invested throughout the market so that other people and small businesses have access to money to borrow and banks have money to lend..

get off your populist bent..

I don't want to be on a "fixed income". I want to be able to earn more someday than I do today..

populism results in stagnation.

self reliance results in growth.. of the self, of the family, of the community...

You look pretty comfotable and can afford to pay my medical bills. Where can I send them so, you can pay them.
I'm sure there are others who you could foot the bill fot threm also.

Dream on Bro!

How much are you making today?

Do you even have a job?

A) you've demonstrated very little to no brotherliness to me, so I ain't your bro.

B) neither what I do for a living nor how much I make is any of your bloody business.

now, if you're quite done with your ad hominem attacks, I'll continue to discuss the issue with you.

Wow! Chill out Bro!

I see you threw out the old "ad hominem attack"...too funny!

Those were legitimate questions!

I take it you have no income, no job, and are an Ayn Rand fan.

Am I right? Just guessing.

non-responsive.. you didn't answer the question

According to the Congressional Budget Office, the ___________ health care reforms would reduce premiums by up to 3 percent for Americans who get insurance through a large business, up to 8 percent for Americans without employer sponsored insurance, and up to 10 percent for those working for a small business (50 or fewer employees). CBO has not made a claim that the ____________ bill would lower premiums.

The ____________ bill will significantly reduce health care premiums, insures millions of Americans, guarantees those with pre-existing conditions have access to quality, affordable health care and does all of this without raising taxes, without spending $1 trillion we don’t have, without cutting Medicare and without putting some new Health Czar in between doctors and patients, which is what the _________ majority does in their government takeover bill.

Americans’ health care is too important and too complex to risk on _________ gamble. Instead, ____________ are promoting a step-by-step approach to comprehensive health care reform, and the first step is to make health insurance affordable for families, affordable for small businesses and affordable for America.

Finally, unlike the _________ plan that increases taxes almost immediately but delays health reforms for several years, the __________ plan will immediately begin to lower costs.

As much as it takes.

I am really not for any government in my life at all, but I am for all humans to be treated equally and fairly in getting the same medical treatment as anyone else.

Let's play a game. Shall we?

It's called fill in the blank

I do not have to explain anything, I suggest if you do not like it then stop paying. Or buck it up.

Wow, and YOU are a "libertarian"? Could have fooled me!

and that has what to do with the conversation at hand?


let me get this straight, you deserve health care, at my and many others' expense, because you don't have any?

I'm sorry, but healthcare is not a need to exist. Humans require three things (as a generality): air, food, and water. We can survive with nothing else. Even then, you do not deserve anything because you exist.

as much as it takes?

let me ask it this way:

how much is too much?

50%?

60%?

65%?

80%?

99%?

100%??

who decides?

me?

you?

some faceless, unaccoutable bureaucrat?

a czar?

a dictator?

You are already paying for illegal immigrants to have babies, and women on welfare to keep popping babies out. Really, whats the difference? This time, maybe it would make you feel better in knowing you helped a child with cancer, or a young man with MS? What's wrong with helping someone that really needs it?

I am fine without, as I have free healthcare thanks to local doctors who donate their time to help those of us who can't afford it. : ) I generously donate to the health clinic when I can!