here's my take on the whole socialism thing
first of all - across the board health care.
In Austraya we have it. Anyone can go to a public hospital, all is well. Sure the system is stretched, but that is because you get a lot of people going there for reasons they don't need a hospital - ie a cold, flu, hypochondria, etc. What I think really stretches the system though, are people being looked after for their own faults, and not at their own expense. I'm not talking about the driver who crashes, but about the woman who was a regular to my pharmacy who had her voice box removed due to cancer from smoking (at no expense) and then continued smoking through the hole in her throat. All the while, getting expensive drugs again at no personal cost.
IMO, I shouldn't be paying for her. but I am. Same with the druggies, why am I paying for the treatment of their habits when they're generally not interested in recovery? Why am I paying to support people who drink until their livers give out?
I don't like that. Sure, it might make me a callous bastard, but I fail to see why my money should go towards people who aren't interested in taking care of themselves.
This extends on to welfare payments for the unemployed. I've been there, received that. I however took on a right dodgy job to get myself a regular income. No education needed, and no huge salary, but I took it. On the other hand, we have thousands and thousands of pure bludgers who aren't interested in working at all, who claim one benefit after another. The work is there, but their interest to work is not, and so I pay to support them. I dislike it immensely.
In both cases, the woman who smoked and the person who didn't work, they have the opportunity the same as every other person in the country. The smoker hd the opportunity to live healthily and not smoke, but chose to do so, and so now I have to pay to support her. The bludger has every chance to get a job, start working and get a regular source of income for him/herself, but chooses not to, and so I pay for them.
How is it fair, that I'm expected to continue supporting them when I've created my own opportunities from a similar situation?? They too have the chance, but choose not to take it.
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