"Insurance is a man-made construct - a societal decision to create the ability to indemnify. You don't have a constitutional right to insurance."
Ho-hum... The constitution is also a man-made construct. So what? That is the way our society works. In our society, insurance is a necessity unless you want to be a burden on society. The flip side is that the failure to wear seat belts also can become a burden on society. Sad to say, but we do need laws to make lazy, ignorant slobs accept their personal responsibility in our society.
Anyone stupid enough to drive without wearing a seatbelt who is injured in an accident deserves what he gets, but why does it become MY RESPONSIBILTY to pay for his right to be stupid? Is the right to personal stupidity in the constitution? Was that an amendment I missed? I'm amazed that so-called FR conservatives think that society is somehow responsible for the incompetent fools who are too stupid to realize that a car wreck can leave you crippled or dead. This is liberalism at its worst. I never realized there were so many closet hippie-liberals here who can't accept responsibility.
You assume that 'they' are stupid. Many have good reason to refuse to wear one more than just the fact that it's none of the government's business and outside their authority to demand it.
...but why does it become MY RESPONSIBILTY to pay for his right to be stupid?
Because of the politicians who pander to those who don't accept responsibility for their own actions. It's not my fault. I vote against that type of politician every time they reveal themselves.
Is the right to personal stupidity in the constitution? Was that an amendment I missed?
You really don't know what the Constitution, or even this country, is about, do you? Here's a clue: Read the 9th and 10th Amendments.
I'm amazed that so-called FR conservatives think that society is somehow responsible for the incompetent fools who are too stupid to realize that a car wreck can leave you crippled or dead.
Those of us who are arguing against mandatory seat belt laws are not arguing for YOU to pay for the costs of anyone's injuries. We are on the side of personal responsibility. When you cede authority to the government, you give up personal responsibility. That sounds more like your position than ours.
Are you being deliberately obtuse?
The constitution codifies our God-given rights. Nothing in there about God-given right to insurance.
If anybody in this conversation is a closet liberal hippie, it is you through your subscription to the idea that society is right to hold you or me responsible for someone else's decision to be an idiot and to pay for the repurcussions of that decision.
Further, you don't seem to have any problem with the government using an intrusive, big-brother law to bilk money out of people so they can redistribute it to lazy nlow-life ne'er-do-well slobs.