Thanks and I appreciate that. I just feel that health care is a privilege not a right. It's something you have to earn and pay for. It's not that I don't care about those who go without but life isn't always fair. Does everyone have a right to health care? Many would say yes I suppose. Ok, who pays for it?

How far down the rabbit hole shall we go? What if they can't afford a car to get to their doctors appointment? Should the government (aka: us) buy them a car, bus or cab fare? What about if they can't afford food or a home? Should we all pay for that? I think we've been trying that and so far it's not working very well.

Remember the war on poverty and the trillions of dollars transferred from person to person over the last 50 years? Well, we still have poverty and people with out health care.

It's nice to help people, but tax money isn't an unlimited supply and that's what pays the bills. How much can you tax people before they stop producing as much? How much can you cap prices before people will no longer pursue that profession? How about if the government caps your salary? What incentive will you have to grow?

Our current government is working towards spreading the misery instead of spreading opportunity.

It really goes back to our roots. You may be surprised to know but the first pilgrim settlements in America were basically socialist in design. Everyone worked for the common store and everyone took an equal share. What they ended up with was producers and non-producers. The producers got tired of providing for the non-producers and basically everyone ended up starving without enough food and provisions.

It wasn't until they divided up the land and gave each person a plot and told them they were on their own. The first capitalism in America. Soon after that commerce was born and the pilgrims started to prosper... except for non-producers.

I feel it's is very similar today. We have some who prosper and some that don't. Now the government seeks to try and level the playing field by taking from producers and giving to non-producers. I realize it's not that black and white today but the model still holds true.

I work my butt off, 70 hours a week and why the hell do I have to pay for others cars, health care and everything else. The only money government has to spend is what they collect in taxes from us.

You simply can't provide everything for everyone and be all things to all people. At some point you have to fend for yourself. Fair or not fair it does not work and it cannot work. Health care should be left in the private sector and I'll end my comments with that.