"Legislate personal responsibility.." That is really a scary statement, not to mention an oxymoron, and pretty much says it all. By the way, you have a backyard to play in because you and I paid for that tank. We can argue freely on this forum, or any forum for that matter, because of that tank. You are free to tune pianos or have any other business you so desire, because of that tank. If you think the "tank" is expensive, try a government without any tanks and then tell me how your life turns out. Regards, Rob On Nov 03, 2010, at 12:45 , David Love wrote: > Sorry, not the same. You can choose not to buy a car but you can't choose to not live in a body in which things go wrong in a country in which you expect that someone will fix your broken leg even if you don't have enough money. Affordable health insurance is all about economies of scale and costs and expectations of humanity are such that sometimes you have to legislate personal responsibility or at least contributions. Hey, I never needed a tank to protect my backyard why should I contribute any part of my taxes to defense or once my kids are out of school why should a pay the portion of property taxes that contribute to education. Sometimes the social contract trumps your personal interpretation of what you think you do or don't need. It's a bit late to return to the wild frontier.
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