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Originally Posted by Golfingnut
I don't think it is a rights issue. I believe we should pay for the healthcare of someone that volunteered to go into the military and go to Iraq even though they knew it was bad for their health.
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If you don't mind, here's where you went wrong with that analogy: Military people risk their lives to fight for our freedom and so they deserve to get healthcare on that basis. They are our heroes.
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I feel it is the responsibility of those of us who are fortunate enough to have money and health to care for those that do not no matter what the circumstances are that put them in that position. I don't think they are sick or poor on purpose.
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You are correct. I only ask where their right is when someone asks me where the right is for New York City to lower the soda size from 20 ounces to 16.
No one is ever deprived of healthcare and no one is suggesting that anyone should be.
The city of New York wants to make this minor change hoping to nudge things in the right direction and thereby help save New York from it's fiscal problems. And I might add that it looks like a pretty darn good trade off for all the millions of people who don't pay any taxes. And for those who do pay taxes, Bloomberg is acting on their behalf by holding the line on taxation.