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Originally Posted by sperbonzo
Again the point is being twisted. Actually, people should be allowed to build homes where ever they want to. They just shouldn't be allowed to take money from their neighbors by force if something happens to that house, or their car, their furniture, or other stuff. How can you guys not see the difference here?
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I agree with you in black and white. However, I don't agree with turning a blind eye to human suffering. I'm also afraid that the current political climate on the right is creating a large divide where people will be far less charitable and much less likely to help those in need. It's much more convenient to just have everyone give an extra $0.3% or whatever it is. For every $10,000 you actually paid in taxes per year, about $30 of that goes to FEMA. Tough love isn't going to save lives or eliminate suffering in any immediate sense. In practice it's very much the same as compulsory insurance and taxes. In both cases, you accept that you must give back a percentage as a safety net and to hedge against greater loss. You may never use your auto insurance, for the entirety of your driving life and you'll have easily paid in $50,000+ or even $250,000+ depending. You would force people to pay $100s and $1,000s per month depending, for health insurance and they may never even use it or their needs can be denied because it's a very fragile system in favor of the insurance companies and shareholders, not those who need the insurance. At the end of the day, I'm still in favor of compassion over greed.