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Originally Posted by MsDemeanor
Another touch of the disgusting. Go to the 50 second mark in this video and see what the anti-healthcare folks do to a man with Parkinsons.
http://www.dispatch.com/live/content...l?video=949486
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You know, it's interesting. One of the arguments that conservatives/libertarians/Tea Partiers make is that "government shouldn't be in the business of charity, only private individuals and churches should provide charity". The question I have asked and which I've never gotten a truly satisfactory answer to is this: "if you begrudge paying, say, 1% more a year in taxes then why should anyone believe that you'll *give* more money to charity?"
When the young man in the tie threw money at the man with Parkinson's as if he were not a human being and when we heard the people saying "no handouts here" we saw what a world where they held sway would look like. What charity there *was* would be given by the church which would only provide you food, what-have-you if you were willing to listen to a sermon (and accept their religion). Other than that people would be on their own.
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Aj
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