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Originally Posted by cykoe6
There is a lot of stupidity in this thread but this takes the cake for most idiotic statement of the thread. It would solve the problem in the sense that no one would go through the horrors (and massive expense) of med school and residency all to end up in forced servitude to a government bureaucracy................... not to mention that is completely outside of the realm of the government's authority to force someone to do such a thing.
A truly ridiculous comment. Even by GFY standards that is fucking retarded.  |
Although I think it is a dumb idea, you should attack him on the merits of his statement and not try to make him look dumb by making yourself look dumb:
1) The government could enforce this. They can attach whatever requirements they want to a professional license. Making someone donate their services as part of a requirement for licensing would be no different than requiring continuing education. Unconventional? Yes. Unenforceable? No way.
2) There are professionals that do things similar to this every day. Guess what kind of people they are? They are the types that people consider to be the slimiest of slimy: lawyers. What's it called? Pro bono. In fact, many of the larger firms require a set number of annual pro bono hours per associate or partner.
3) If you think doctors are not generous, think again. My surgery last year was done without insurance. I started paying off the surgeon and he made the bill disappear after my second payment. Why? He chose to reward my responsibility. That was a spontaneous act of generosity on his part. So don't think just because they spend all of that money on medical school and other expenses that they are suddenly not interested in helping out where they can.