I have a rabidly liberal activist friend who loves to post stories about people he knows who can't afford health care. I pointed out recently that he was a good person for pulling out his own checkbook and writing them a check to help them. He said he didn't, but it was important for us to have a government system, at which point I said "so, you care more about this being a political issue than you do your friend's health in that you wouldn't personally write your friend a check, you would rather them suffer without care so you can have your soap box?" Silence after that.
Yup, along the same lines I love the reply Bush gave to the reporter who was attacking Bush’s tax cuts. Bush said: “If you feel you are not paying enough, send in more than is due”. Again, I think there was no reply.