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To: 68gunswillneverdie

I’m going to be a jerk and answer. I truly feel for you and your family. But nothing you’ve said suggests any reason why I should be forced to pay for your medical care. Medical care, or health insurance, is not a right. People get sick and it truly sucks, but the state has absolutely no right to take money from my pocket and put it in yours. Likewise, I have no claim on your property.

Importantly, though, Christians do have an obligation to charity and to support those in need. That is an individual moral obligation with which I am privileged to give back to God a portion of the resources with which He has blessed me.
That includes sacrificial giving on behalf of those who are truly in need.

In that vein, massive state giveaways like Zerocare are guaranteed to reduce everyone’s standard of living (including the standard of healthcare they actually receive) while raising the share of my property that the state confiscates to pay for their corrupt version of charity.


32 posted on 09/21/2009 8:25:04 AM PDT by FateAmenableToChange
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To: FateAmenableToChange

Right now we have a family in our parish. There is a Dad who is laid off, a Mom who worked but was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer so is too sick to work, and three kids one of which is in stage 4 lymphoma.

The parish has come together to help this family. There is a spaghetti dinner next weekend and they sell tickets after every mass with a donation jar.

That’s how conservatives help. We don’t look to the government. You are absolutely correct.


106 posted on 09/21/2009 9:00:01 AM PDT by netmilsmom (Psalm 109:8 - Let his days be few; and let another take his office)
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