bagpiper
You forget, the poor, have access, better than the middle class in many cases....
Ever heard of Medicaid, Medicare? Huh? So they TAKE away from those programs, in order to create a monster?
I did not say I advocate the new wealth confiscation scheme.
Not all the poor have access, this is a myth perpetrated by the propaganda media. There is very little "middle class" for those under 50 years of age, the bulk is low wagers, admit the illusion of middle class wealth still carries the day in the propaganda media.
The never workers have access, as does everyone over the age of 65, in between it is more or less a lottery or casino game and the house always wins.
The lowest working slaves - 60 Million - have nothing. I'm talking citizens.
The access varies state to state. The state I live in is more than generous. Ask an oncology nurse in a less generous state what kind of medical care someone with cancer and no health insurance gets.
It takes 2-3 years to gain access in most of these cases, and usually the patient succumbs within 2 years.
The issue is, do we allow forced contracts, under threat of force, for me to pay for the murder of the unborn and the free lifestyle choices of hedonists. The issue is not the poor, or 'women's rights.
We already have plenty of forced contracts - the motherS of them all is Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid. The extortion begins at birth. The recording is the birth certificate, social security card (you can't leave the hospital without applying for the nose ring), the wedding license, drivers license, etc, etc
Future generations are virtual slaves, so "mission accomplished".
The issue is SOCIALISM. Feelings based philosophy. "Awww, those poor people." The poor are always with us. It is the middle class who pay the bills. I will not pay for abortions, or contraceptives. I will not submit to a coerced 'contract'. I will not submit. I will not comply. I will not pay for MURDER and FORNICATION. I will not give up my rights, for anybody elses indolence.
We already have socialism, have for decades, it just favors certain groups and the groups that enjoy the "socialism", the transfer of wealth, the monies confiscated from the working slaves, do not call it socialism but it clearly is SOCIALISM.
Once 'society' owns your body...they own YOU. You become just an 'economic unit', where we were once proud to be called CITIZEN. Then you must understand, don't ya know, those guns you own are just too much of a RISK with THEIR bodies...
We are already "there" - look around, if you are not considered "valuable" or "vetted" (ie; over a certain age, or other label) you are basically scr**ed. Go to the ghettos or tent and RV cities filled with young to middle aged desperate families. Most of those fortunate to have a part time or low wage job eat and their children eat because of food stamps, fortunately.
Think down the road, indeed.
Your feelings have been used against your mind. It is the socialist WAY, to use GUILT and ENVY in order to conquer your MIND. If they were to quit screwing up the economy, there WOULD BE JOBS for those poor. But they have locked up the money, and it isn't flowing, except to their buddies and pet projects. Central planning has succeeded, in their Godless agenda.
Down the road ? We drove off the cliff 30 years ago. What we have today is Godless - Indeed, a Sick Society.
The casinos are filled, TV preachers "earn" multi millions, Millionaires and Billionaires collect social security and medicare, even get heart transplants, those hearts come almost exclusively from the young - so basically we are eating our young, but no one wants to admit this horrific truth, instead they accuse the young and poor of being stupid, or low class, they are considered worthless, probably just spare parts for the favored.
Where is the bible verse that says that those without wealth - ie; health insurance should suffer and deserve a horrible death ?
AND WE BUY INTO IT. Because in the words of Hosea, "my people are destroyed through a lack of knowledge."
Agree, most everyone is fine with the status quo, with our men and women fighting undeclared wars, with tens of thousands of veteran amputees, coffins carrying young corpses, draped with cheap Chinese made U.S. flags, so long as they get "theirs" - because we all know this is all that matters besides TV and entertainment.
I believe in the meaning of the Good Samaritan Parable, I believe in picking up used, abused, destroyed and ruined human beings off the streets and caring for them, even if I have to help pay for it and get nothing in return. If this belief makes me godless, then so be it. We will all find out on Judgment Day.
Friendly Reminder - notice the "godly" in this parable valued their wealth more than their fellow man, notice it was the "lowly" who acted and is godly, not the favored "groups" - notice the "lowly" spent his money on a stranger, his brother, yet expected nothing in return, notice the word Mercy, think of the meaning:
Luke 10:25-37
New International Version (NIV)
The Parable of the Good Samaritan
25 On one occasion an expert in the law stood up to test Jesus. “Teacher,” he asked, “what must I do to inherit eternal life?” 26 “What is written in the Law?” he replied. “How do you read it?”
27 He answered, “‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and with all your mind’[
a]; and, ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’[
b]”
28 “You have answered correctly,” Jesus replied. “Do this and you will live.”
29 But he wanted to justify himself, so he asked Jesus, “And who is my neighbor?”
30 In reply Jesus said: “A man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho, when he was attacked by robbers. They stripped him of his clothes, beat him and went away, leaving him half dead. 31 A priest happened to be going down the same road, and when he saw the man, he passed by on the other side. 32 So too, a Levite, when he came to the place and saw him, passed by on the other side. 33 But a Samaritan, as he traveled, came where the man was; and when he saw him, he took pity on him. 34 He went to him and bandaged his wounds, pouring on oil and wine. Then he put the man on his own donkey, brought him to an inn and took care of him. 35 The next day he took out two denarii[
c] and gave them to the innkeeper. ‘Look after him,’ he said, ‘and when I return, I will reimburse you for any extra expense you may have.’
36 “Which of these three do you think was a neighbor to the man who fell into the hands of robbers?”
37 The expert in the law replied, “The one who had mercy on him.”
Jesus told him, “Go and do likewise.”