[kyleb]

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Understood. But then for the "sheep" - tough luck?

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If people want to provide healthcare for the poor and uninsured, then let them do so privately. If liberal-minded people complain that the poor need our help, then they should volunteer and donate to charities that help these people. (It's worth noting that I do these things. I'm not heartless, I just think government is both inefficient and corrupt.)

What we're talking about when we address public healthcare, public welfare, public insurance, or public programs in general, is the refusal of the individual citizen to step up and provide these services on their own, demanding instead that some faceless entity (in this case, the state) seize the money and resources necessary to provide it.

What happened to individual responsibility and charity?

You want middle class people to have healthcare. Great. Do it on your own - don't force me to provide to them.