Comments by "Titanium Rain" (@ChucksSEADnDEAD) on "Remy: ISIS Crisis (The Rap)" video.

  1. I think the point is that there's nothing inherently immoral about government healthcare because it's a service provided like any other, but government programs have the tendency of being poorly managed and ran into the ground year after year (because they have a "bottomless" pit of money - the taxpayer). The fact isn't just that Obamacare was poorly managed, but it was also forced into the people. You know that any expansion to government healthcare is going to mean more taxes, but instead they just created a "service" and a "fine" - which is still a freaking tax. Example, the military isn't rewarded for saving money. If they spend less than the budget gives them, they're getting their budget cut next year. A lot of people in the Air Force will tell you they make flights with no reason other than to spend fuel so their budget isn't cut. Classical government management.
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  2. the500mphtortoise >"(ie you wouldn't use that argument to not provide an air force)" Debatable. Private airliner companies provide us with constantly flying jets. Baby steps. I know fully well that I'm not going to live in a perfectly just society because I'd never live that long. Not even this generation's children will be able to live free from being forced to pay for stuff they aren't using. >"government healthcare has the potential to reduce costs by being able to bargain down pharmaceutical companies" But the people in the government are there because they received campaign donations. Even if they didn't, they are often promised positions in the board of some company. If the guy bargaining with the pharmaceutical company is in debt to that company or is promised a job there, you're going to pay more than you would at market value. Look, the government is more than free to start up their own healthcare service and provide it to whoever wants it. Those people pay for it. Just like those who don't have netflix shouldn't have to be obligated to pay for netflix. Look, let's assume that nobody is the government was in bed with the company. In their eyes, they are not forced to make a profit because they can always steal our money from us. Why would you focus on quality or cost efficiency if you're buying something for someone else you don't care about, and you're not using your own money? The US government dug itself into 17 trillion of debt assuming you'd be there to pay for it. Why do you think healthcare would be any different?
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