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To: webstersII
There are trade-offs here and you are ignoring those

No, I didn't...as you will see if you read the rest of my posts on this thread.

Is it right for gov't to take one person's money and give it to someone else?

I conclude that socialized medicine is the wrong way to go...but not for moral reasons. I think basic care has to be degraded too much to provide "unlimited" service to all.

As to the moral issue you raise. As usual there are arguments on all sides. Is it right for some to be exempted from military service while others give their lives to protect them? (Just an example of the kinds of difficult questions that any society must face).

82 posted on 11/30/2004 9:16:54 PM PST by liberallarry
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To: liberallarry

"Is it right for some to be exempted from military service while others give their lives to protect them?"

That's not the policy in place right now, although it has been in the past. It's right only if the exemptions are equitable, since some will obviously have to be exempted due to age and physical disabilities, plus a few other categories. What amounts to equitability is open for discussion. However, it's not morally unacceptable to exempt certain individuals in the military as a matter of policy.

I find it interesting that you gave no answer to my question:
"Is it right for gov't to take one person's money and give it to someone else?"
Therefore I must conclude that you see this type of theft as a gray area. If you have children you will no doubt teach them that it's not right to take something from someone by force and give it to another person -- no matter how noble their goal may seem, yet you think that's acceptable when the gov't does it.


83 posted on 12/01/2004 10:21:00 AM PST by webstersII
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