US Marine puts US Congressman in his place.

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Originally Posted by Sea Demon

Roads, police, fire, etc. are not socialism. They are common use items derived from the unwritten yet recognized social contract between taxpayers and government. There is nothing wrong with the concept of reasonable taxation for elements of common use. YOUR own healthcare is NOT common use. Nor is it any concern of mine. It is your personal responsibility.

What if you had a contagious virus and did not seek treatment? That would be a concern of mine and society. Or if you did not maintain your heath due to lack of access and became sick with an otherwise avoidable illness due to a weakend immune system and you spread that virus, thats a concern of mine because I could get sick, and becomes a concern of society since I would miss work depriving the customers of that establishment of our product and reducing my wages lowering the amount of income tax the goverment recives from me which also increases the burden on other tax payers.

Or if you had a physical injury that prevented you from working but was treatable should you be able to pay for it. In that case you would be draining the coffers of the goverment for the rest of your life on disablity while contributing less to the tax base (because you don't work and thus pay little in taxes) insted of reciving a one time treatment at the goverments expense that you end up repaying via your future income taxes.