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Where to start. I'll not bother with the usual "framers intent" etc., instead I'll try to explain my view with reduction. I'll phrase the problem as I see it in personal terms. I've been continuously employed since the age of 12. At the age of 19, after I dropped out of college, I got a full-time job which I selected in part because of the health benefits I needed since I was no longer covered by my parent's insurance. Since then, beside getting two college degrees, I've never been without health insurance, and I'm now in my mid-40's. I do not understand how any adult can make it into their 40's and 50's and not have adequate coverage. Those who are chronically without health insurance have nothing more than a life full of bad decisions and behavior to blame for their lack of coverage. Those few who truly are needy through no fault of their own are rare, and can be easily taken care of. Making me pay for the chronic taxeaters affects my welfare, and the welfare of my family. They're bums--why should I care for them if they won't care for themselves. Paying their bills rewards their bad behavior and punishes my responsibility. How is that uniform taxation?Any system that rewards the irresponsible at the expense of the responsible is unstable, and will eventually fail. If you disagree, then prove it by paying my mortgage--I've got two kids to send through college. H
Where to start. I'll not bother with the usual "framers intent" etc., instead I'll try to explain my view with reduction. I'll phrase the problem as I see it in personal terms.
I've been continuously employed since the age of 12. At the age of 19, after I dropped out of college, I got a full-time job which I selected in part because of the health benefits I needed since I was no longer covered by my parent's insurance. Since then, beside getting two college degrees, I've never been without health insurance, and I'm now in my mid-40's. I do not understand how any adult can make it into their 40's and 50's and not have adequate coverage. Those who are chronically without health insurance have nothing more than a life full of bad decisions and behavior to blame for their lack of coverage. Those few who truly are needy through no fault of their own are rare, and can be easily taken care of. Making me pay for the chronic taxeaters affects my welfare, and the welfare of my family. They're bums--why should I care for them if they won't care for themselves. Paying their bills rewards their bad behavior and punishes my responsibility. How is that uniform taxation?
Any system that rewards the irresponsible at the expense of the responsible is unstable, and will eventually fail. If you disagree, then prove it by paying my mortgage--I've got two kids to send through college.
H
