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Originally Posted by mookiemookie
How do you feel about the public school system, police, fire, water, hospitals, roads, etc, etc....?
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My kids go to private school currently. I don't like paying twice. Public education should be more of a local/state concern anyway. I've been advocating getting the feds out of the education system for years. None of the parents who put their kids in government schools pay a cent for my kids schooling. Other than perhaps some funding allocated for the UC system or the CSU system here, I don't feel compelled to pay for everyone's education. That's their responsibility....not mine. Fire, police and other public services are mutually beneficial services that serves society at large and are things we all need to fund as part of the taxpayer contract. At some point, I may need these services. Public health and education, I don't need them or use them at all.
If I opt out of government health, I absolutely don't want to pay for it. The people who would use a "public plan" aren't chipping in for my private health plan. They should pay for their own.
BTW, IF we're talking about introducing "competition" into the mix (As many a dem are talking the big game about)...exactly how would that work with a public "socialized" option where people who have their own health plans fund the health option that doesn't need to make a profit. And doesn't reciprocate in funding the private plans (although that's not desired either). Sounds lousy to me.