Jarhead
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- Jan 11, 2010
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I get what Ron Paul is saying. Thats what a Hardcore Libertarian would say.
But the rest of us are thinking about the people that do not have insurance and/or need help right now.
If they don't have insurance then they suffer the consequences of their stupidity. Actions have consequences, although the government is doing everything it can these days to try and eliminate the negative ones. The problem is when you subsidize bad behavior you get more bad behavior. If you want to live in a free country then that means accepting you have the freedom to fail as well as the freedom to succeed.
Family, friends, charities. How the hell did we do it all before??
I know, you get into your pickup and drive over to the next town--if you can find your damn pickup!!
I know, you can come up with a thousand excuses to also explain away your abdication of personal responsibility.
Is not relying on Family, friends, and charities an abdication of personal responsibility as well?
You tell me.
relying is not the appropriate word.
Conservative ideology is simple.
I will always be there to help my neighbor.....and my neighbor will always be there to help me. But neither of us feel it is each others job to do it. We just do it becuase giving comes naturally to a conservative.