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To: thackney
It needs to be a case of an imminent public health emergency of a scale that qualifies as a national defense issue in order for government to have a legitimate role. Anything beyond that point it is the choice of individuals what medicines they wish to take for themselves.

Once you accept that government can demand specific medical care of its citizens, there is NO significant impediment left on the slippery slope to socialized medicine or fascist Obamacare. As the old saying goes, once you accept that role for government, "We’ve established what you are. [in this case, a socialist]. Now we’re just negotiating over the price."

87 posted on 09/17/2011 11:06:12 AM PDT by icanhasbailout
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To: icanhasbailout
It needs to be a case of an imminent public health emergency of a scale that qualifies as a national defense issue in order for government to have a legitimate role.

Those are nice fancy words, but what do they mean? Vaccines are used against contagious disease. The need for them isn't known until after death and crippling effect. The people that make the decisions have to draw a line somewhere. At what point will you draw that line? A actual number, for that is what has to be used to meause when your phrase above is met.

And after it has been shown to have that result, would you agree to continue it to prevent it from happening again, even decades later?

Once you accept that government can demand specific medical care of its citizens

In Texas, we can choose to opt out, for no other reason than we don't want to participate. Some other states require a medical necessity. Some allow religious reasons but then apply to all vaccines. In Texas, we get to choose we don't like a single one and opt out of it alone.

We’ve established what you are. [in this case, a socialist]. Now we’re just negotiating over the price."

I believe we both agree there is a place, you just may want millions dead before we agree to the actions.

88 posted on 09/17/2011 11:22:44 AM PDT by thackney (life is fragile, handle with prayer)
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