"Answer the question"

[magicstix]

Originally Posted by CCIP

Actually I think the video is a very good and legitimate thought/question. However it could've been introduced and posed for discussion a lot better

Personally I think Wolf Blitzer's question was a blatant attempt to embarrass the Republican candidates with a straw man attack, given that it was directed at the admittedly most extreme member of the debate and raised a hypothetical situation that would be illegal under the law.

Inflammatory comments from the peanut gallery aside, (as opposed to inflammatory comments from party leaders in the opposition, but I digress I think there's nothing wrong with expecting people to take personal responsibility for their actions. If someone is more than capable of paying for their own health insurance (as the question states), and chooses not to purchase protection because of flawed reasoning, then they should be responsible for the outcome (which in this case would likely result in bankruptcy more than death).

If a person chooses not to wear a seatbelt because they're a "good driver" and is injured in an accident, should the government be responsible for fixing their mistake? If a person chooses not to buy fire insurance because they "don't cook" and their house burns down, who is responsible? I don't think the government should be in the business of subsidizing stupidity, and I wish at least one of the candidates would've had the gravitas to point this out.