Message #6367

[Ted S]

Here's the deal, though. People who die due to lack of medical treatment gives you corpses that the government has to bury and can't tax anymore...

Somebody dies because they cannot afford medical treatment and we're supposed to believe that we lost a taxpayer? I don't think so.  We lost a taker, not a maker, and I'm okay with the government picking up the tab for the indigent who up-and-die on the street although I'd place the burden on the city, county, or state.

Actually, I'm not opposed to a government run safety net for the truly needy but it has to produce a crappy enough lifestyle so that the able-bodied don't decide to live their entire lives in the net. Or the government has to get a whole lot better at figuring out who are the truly needy.  I have more confidence in the former than the latter.

Might be a worthy discussion; how does society provide a decent lifestyle for those who cannot help themselves without attracting a passel of people who simply won't provide for themselves?