There are appropriate functions of government, and then there are inappropriate functions of government. Just because regulation of municipal water supplies is good public policy, it does not necessarily follow that a federal mandate that I buy a specific type of medical insurance is also good public policy.
If you can’t figure that out, then it is useless having a debate.
Exactly.
And I’m perfectly happy to let the bureaucrats and busybodies decide how my sewer pipes are laid in the ground and what brand of fire engine sits in the firehouse. In fact, I might go years without thinking of these things, because frankly I could care less about them so long as they meet some basic level of functionality.
But healthcare (and that’s really what the troll is getting at) is different. I DO care about who my doctor is and what procedures he performs on my body and the bodies of the people I love. When it comes to health, I DO want to be the responsible party, the decision maker. I DO want to think about these things and have control over them. Unlike my sewer pipes, I DON’T want the government to handle my healthcare.
These points are of course lost on trolls and liberals because they don’t particularly care about their liberty. They prefer security over liberty. They will accept a lower level of care and will accept having their decisions made for them so long as their healthcare is guaranteed.
It’s that mindset that allows “liberals” to analogize something as personal and individualistic as the very health of your body to something as impersonal and bureaucratic as the public sewer system. That’s how screwed up their appreciation of individual liberty and the proper role of government is.