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Not sure why the question offended you since you were the one first to broach the subject. Sometimes yes or no questions are helpful for clarification. Thank you for answering an honest question honestly.

It was a loaded question that was open to any interpretation. It made no qualification if the person had the ability to feed themselves, or if there were those who were willing to feed them. It also made no qualification for charities handling the effort as well.

Do I believe that the government has the responsibility to care from me from cradle to grave? Absolutely not. I've had it up to here with the nanny state. If I'm in my declining years, it is my responsibility to ensure that I have adequate plans for my last moments on this earth. If an accident occurs and the state declines to care for me, I have to hope that there will be some charitable group - perhaps my own family - who will give a rip. But I won't blame in the slightest the lack of desire of the government to give me care.

The only way the government has unlimited resources to give unlimited care is through unlimited taxation and unlimited growth. I wouldn't do that to my fellow citizens.

Maybe I should've been more specific and said qualifying the "yes" or "no" would be fine as well. I guess I'm just tired of seeing people launch into replies *without* clearly answering "yes" or "no" right from the start.

Putting that aside, after reading your comments I think we might agree more than we disagree.

My own answer to the question would go something like this:

No, I do not support denying food and water to all ill people who want it but for whatever reason are forced to rely on the taxpayers to pay the bill. Because to do so would be to support murdering them, even though it would be correct to say taxpayers *shouldn't* be footing the bill. This dilemma was caused and has been made worse by the people's general support for a semi-socialized health care system. The only way to solve it is to grandfather out taxpayer-funded health care and fully return the responsibility over to individuals, families, churches, and charities.

Another question, if you don't mind.. In light of your comments, I take it you are not receiving any money from fellow taxpayers at all in the form of Medicare or SS?