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Free healthcare yes or no?


What do you guys think should it be in America or not? Why or why not?

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Nothing is free.

1st question. Who pays for the healthcare insurance, and how?

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Okay perhaps I should have worded it differently. Are you against it coming out of taxes as opposed to it being private insurance?

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Doesn't matter how you phrase it, a fascist will still be a fascist.

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And a soyboy will always be a pussy.

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That's a lie you've been brainwashed with. Food, land and water all used to be free. Air is still free thank god. The Amish build one another's homes for free.

Pay for it by diverting from our ridiculously overbloated military. It's total waste of money.

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The NFL, MLB, NBA, NHL. If everyone in those groups donated one million of their enormous paychecks then everyone could have free health care.

Go ask them. I dare you.

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But the people paying THEM have incredibly deep pockets, greased by Republicans claiming industry deserves all kinds of tax breaks. Then the guys at the top make bank while everyone else gets whatever they deem worthy.
So sure, sports stars could kick back some of their dough, but there aren't very many examples of why they should. They won't get shamed into being better citizens, because we in the US would rather reward greed than being a good member of the community.

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I'm seriously starting to believe that there's only two kinds of people in the world - the people/money or money/people persons.

There are only a few it seems who place people (human lives) over money, or at least it seems they're definitely not the majority.

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T'anks

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First, it's not free. We will all pay for it one way or another. Second, if we feel we've already paid for it through taxes, then we would be more likely to see the doctor for every little thing. That would mean much longer waits for care. I've seen it in other countries. They consider coming to the U.S. to get a lump, or something, checked out because the wait is too long in their home country. That being said, if there's a good solution where every one can afford to have health care when needed, I'm open.

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What do you feel is a good middle ground then?

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Universal coverage for catastrophic care. More HSAs for less costly care. The less providers have to spend on dealing with insurance, the less services will cost. They like cash. Free coverage for the TRULY needy, which would probably mean local control. California just threw away billions in fraud cases. Can't get that money back

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We do arbitrage now with health care ... when we have universal health care, yes it will take time to get the system up and tuned to the number of customers and start to continually work out how to improve the system over time. That is no reason against it ... as a matter of fact every other country does it and it results in such tremendous economies of scale.

You say you've seen it in other countries ... that is a BS argument. It happened to me here and I have a good health insurance company. I had a thing growing out of my finger than was affecting my typing ... and I have to take time off work to go in and demand to get prioritized. That happens now and it will always happen.

The whole nature of the country will chance to be more effective and pragmatic ... and that is what the establishment is afraid of.

Good god if Britain could do this right after the war when it was a total mess, I don't know why the biggest economy on the planet cannot successfully do it.

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It happened to you here, yet you were able to get prioritized. Those in other countries I know of couldn't do that in their home country.

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The point is that if you have a priority problem you will get priority care. You may have to wait for elective surgery ... or go to the private market ... what is wrong with that?

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The reason Britain did it after the war is simply because they reasoned if they can afford to kill people then they can afford to save people. We need to divert half the funding away from the military. It's ridiculous how much is wasted on that backwards institution that only provokes terrorism and did nothing to stop attacks on the US. They did nothing about 9/11. They did nothing during hurricane Katrina. They did nothing about Hurricane Maria, they did nothing about this pandemic and they only drive up hate and animosity worldwide. The whole military system engages in actions solely to justify its existence and he needs to be diverted to health care.

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Do all the gloom and doom scenarios only apply to Americans? What about the fact that every other developed country on Earth has universal health care and has solved those problems?

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Free healthcare in the United States is a complete impossibility now. In the past with controlled immigration, maybe. Not now. The math is insane.

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Total possibility. We are starting to advance and catch up with the rest of the world.

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Yes - because every other developed country does it and it has worked - they all have a healthier population than we do. There are a lot of things like that ... like education as well.

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Yes
Because if we have the ability to alleviate suffering, we must.
Basic human decency.

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I think it's called the Hippocratic Oath.

Not - how does the money work out? Do poor people get something they don't deserve while rich people are inconvenienced?
Are big insurance companies looking at the bottom line when poor people are suffering?
Sure, let's monetize medicine so only the "productive" lemmings get the benefit rather than the "unproductive" ones.
You get a decent burial and I'm turned into Soylent Green.
Doesn't sound fair to me.

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Government controlled universal healthcare will be the death of quality of care, innovation, and creativity in the medical field. I’m not against helping people who actually need it, but like most socialized programs, mainly the “generational welfare” type situations, it promotes laziness. That’s why I will never understand people who support a full on socialistic society. Someone has to pay for it, and no one wants to work for it.

With universal healthcare, it will take years to get an elective surgery. Pennies will be pinched to the point where people will not want to become doctors, nurses, etc. People will, as they have done with ALL other socialized programs, exploit the living hell out of it.

It should not be the taxpayers job to pay for YOUR healthcare, or YOUR college education. But I know I’m becoming the minority in this case, as most people loathe personal responsibility, and as with everything else, we’ll just have to watch it crumble when it happens, because most people are too stupid to realize what will actually happen...they just want it free.

And I will say this for the millionth time for the people in the back...it is AGAINST THE LAW for any medical facility to refuse life saving care for anyone who needs it. I hate when people talk about someone “dying in the streets” because of the current healthcare system. I do training modules on this every year. No one can be refused care if it is needed to sustain life. It is the paying for it afterwards that is the problem for some.

Bitch about the US healthcare system all you want, and there is plenty to bitch about, because it is nowhere close to perfect, but people come from all over the world to receive care in the US. I have personally worked with a few people who had knee replacement surgeries here in the US because they were waiting for their surgery for years in Canada and their quality of life had been so miserable they couldn’t wait anymore. They said as much to me face to face.

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Right but if the health care in the United States was any good people wouldn't need knee replacement.

Don't be ridiculous the quality of health care is far superior in countries like Japan, Germany, Sweden and Switzerland. You have no idea what you are talking about because you haven't been anywhere.

The fact that in the US they do procedures to YOUR BODY that you do NOT NEED or that can harm you just so they can make money from you is horrifying. Think about it. In a for profit system there is no incentive to make you well unless they are making money from you. It is draconian and archaic. Most Doctors in the US only get into the job not because they have an affinity for the human body, not because they are scientific minded (the PhD is supposed to indicate you are a scientist, but how many really are) but because THEY ARE IN IT FOR THE MONEY! That is terrifying to me. You can't trust doctors anymore than you can trust mechanics or dentists. For that matter they see your body as a machine. That's why were are THE MOST INFECTED COUNTRY IN THE WORLD, because our health care system is so utterly backwards.

Explain why Americans head all over the world especially Canada and Mexico if our heath care is any good?\

"And I will say this for the millionth time for the people in the back...it is AGAINST THE LAW for any medical facility to refuse life saving care for anyone who needs it. "
You can say that all you want like an idiot but the cost of it will destroy their lives. Most people can't pay back $750,000. So many family's lives are destroyed by the cost of health care.

By the way have you lost any loved ones in the US? I have. You know what they do to you when you are old and they think you should die, they first starve you to death in the hospital, then give you complications after complications, then if that doesn't kill you they kill you by depriving you of water. You need to STFU and have your head kicked in. Everyone should be desperately trying to get out of the United States because the hospitals here are death factories.

Have you ever been to Canada?! I live 25 minutes away from there. EVERYONE looks healthy. Really healthy. Why? Because they HAVE FREE health care and it costs 1/3 what the tax payers pay than what we pay in the backwards US.

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Right but if the health care in the United States was any good people wouldn't need knee replacement.


First sentence, complete and utter bullshit! Knee replacements come from wear and tear over the years, leading to loss of cartilage and bone on bone grinding and nerve inflammation, causing a TON of pain. This is from using your knees over the years, and/or bad genetics...and it has absolutely NOTHING to do with the healthcare system in America. I work in orthopedics with joint replacements every day, so tread lightly with statements like that.

In a for profit system there is no incentive to make you well unless they are making money from you. It is draconian and archaic. Most Doctors in the US only get into the job not because they have an affinity for the human body, not because they are scientific minded (the PhD is supposed to indicate you are a scientist, but how many really are) but because THEY ARE IN IT FOR THE MONEY! That is terrifying to me.


So, even if this is true, which it ISN’T, how would it change for the better with socialized medicine? You want your doctors and surgeons making $15/hour? They SHOULD be paid well, because the job can be absolutely miserable and draining. And for you to say all they care about is money is another statement that is complete horseshit. They are saving lives every day! What the fuck are you doing?

And by the way...if you like healthcare in those countries better, do yourself a favor and go buy a fucking plane ticket.

By the way have you lost any loved ones in the US?


Yes I have. I lost my father to cancer, and they did everything possible to save him, and I am very grateful for the care he received. And he DIDN’T have insurance when he was admitted. He was able to be put on my mother’s insurance thankfully.

Everyone looks healthy in Canada? Really healthy? Everyone? You sound like Donald Trump! 🤣 So...then GO THERE!!!!!

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Where are you getting that doctors will be paid 15 dollars an hour from? Also some doctors do care about lives but there are some that are only in it for the money. Like everything there is good and bad.

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The poster above, in my opinion, implied doctors don’t deserve to be well compensated for what they do. Socialized medicine will drive their salaries down due to penny pinching.

There is good and bad in everything, you are correct, which people seem to forget in our society of ridiculous generalizations. But ultimately I will defend our country’s doctors and surgeons with everything I have. They have and unbelievably difficult job, and they save countless lives, and the poster above seemed to think they are all monsters who don’t care about people or what they do, and just care about making money, and I completely disagree.

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Okay but that does not mean doctors are being paid 15 dollars an hour. I do think doctors should be paid well but our medical system needs lots of work. Also in Canada the average annual salary is 281k for family doctors, 360k for a medical specialist and 481k for a surgical specialist. I am not sure how that is penny pinching.

They do have a difficult job, very stressful. No one can generalize though and say all doctors in the US are good or bad though. There is good and bad as we both agreed.

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My point was not that doctors would be making $15 an hour. My point was it’s more about the assembly line and cutting costs and penny pinching overall, just like Medicare is right now in this country. I work with it every day. The amount of bullshit you have to go through with Medicare is insane, and to have the whole system be like that would certainly drive me out of healthcare right away.

Also, you have many different positions in healthcare besides doctors and surgeons, and you can’t tell me they aren’t going to cut positions, decrease pay for positions, and overwork everyone until they drop. And if they are going to keep everything as is now as far as pay and staffing, they are going to tax the living hell out of everyone to afford all of it, and as I’ve said a million times, and I’ll continue to say, it’s shouldn’t be anyone else’s job to pay for YOUR healthcare, and YOUR college education. That is not right. I’m a big believer in personal responsibility, and with the exception of a few things that we all use, like OUR roads, and OUR police/firefighters, and I’ll concede OUR children’s general K-12 education, what people earn through their hard work should not be sucked dry by the government to pay for everyone else’s needs.

There is no perfect system, and I just feel, in my opinion, socialized medicine would be a disaster for this country, and I consider socialism to be the death of the American Dream. There are several programs out there now to assist people paying for medical bills when and if needed.

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See but the problem is some health conditions are not caused by a personal choice. Some people are unlucky and get cancer or other various forms of medical issues. Not all medical issues are self inflicted. I do not share that mentality that I do not want to pay for anyone else's healthcare. So it is basically saying it is every man for himself. What if someone was to say hey I do not have any children it is not my responsibility to pay for some other person's education? It becomes a selfish self serving mentality. The way you paint it is as if all medical issues are self inflicted. Your way of thinking would be fine if everyone's body worked the same and people had little to no health issues and you had a good paying job to cover yourself whenever issues do arrive.

Not everyone got rich by hard work though. Some people inherited money.

If so why is it medical debt is such a big problem in the US?

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Look, I’ve had this debate a million times on here. You can think I’m selfish. And that’s fine. I could call you a thief for wanting to steal money from people who have achieved wealth. It all comes down to a difference in world view.

My died of cancer, so I’m very aware all medical conditions are not self inflicted. I sympathize with those people, and as I said before, there are agencies that assist people in that situation.

If someone inherited money, then a family member, or someone they cared about or were close to earned it at some point for it to be passed down, and who are you to defy what a family wants to do with their own money?

Do you think medical debt will change with socialized medicine? People will exploit that a million times more than they will with the welfare system, which is already a disaster. Procedures not needed will be done constantly, and every hypochondriac will be in the hospital every day. It’s just sucking the funds of the American taxpayer. What WILL change is there will be no more innovation, creativity, or incentives to make medical advances.

I have no problem if someone says they don’t have any children so they don’t think it’s their responsibility to pay taxes for education. I don’t make any of those decisions. I just know you can’t save everyone in this world. And I think it is morally wrong to force people who have earned an excellent living to hand over 50% of their earnings to foot the bill for people they don’t know getting sick, ODing on drugs, or eating McDonald’s every day and having heart attacks. THAT’S why I believe in personal responsibility. YOU have every opportunity to give yourself a good life in this country...at least until socialism destroys that opportunity.

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Where did I say I wanted to steal people's money? I said not everyone who has wealth did it by hard work that is all.

You never answered my question though. Why is there so much medical debt in this country? Apparently those agencies that help those people is not enough to resolve the medical debt issue in this country.

See I love this anytime I point out that not everyone got rich by hard work, people such as yourself immediately pivot to it is not your money who are you to tell them what to do. I simply get tired of everyone assuming that because someone is rich they did it by hard work. There are those people that got rich by very unethical ways. Someone should not look down on someone because of their income, not once did I ever say that I wanted their money. I am simply pointing out that I do not think America should be a place where it is for the wealthy and those who can't afford things get screwed over. People like me are not asking to live a luxurious life sipping on Margarete at Hawaii while getting a massage, and expecting a free ride in life. We are simply asking for a chance to afford medical expenses that is it. The people who have that kind of wealth lives would not change much. They can still live those luxurious lifestyles living at Hawaii. If Bezos gave up half his money would he still be rich?

That is why you prioritize what needs to be done and what does not. If it is not life threatening or altering you put them to the back of the list. Do you know how many people die because they refuse to go to the doctor because of medical bills? Canada runs perfectly fine. As does Sweden.

See but it isn't a choice for those of us that do not have kids. You could take it a step further and say you know what I do not use the police or the fire department therefore I do not want to pay those taxes either. I think it is morally wrong for there to be billionaires in the world when there are people who are starving and can't eat. Drug abuse is made worse by America's war on drugs. Gigantic failure.

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Every opportunity? No some people get better opportunity than others do. The problem with the war on drugs is it slaps legal fees on someone and throws them in a prison. Then once they are up to their eyeballs in legal fees they get out and have a felony on their record. So then it becomes difficult to get a job and then it makes it easy to relapse back into doing drugs. I believe in personal responsibility as well, but it is not that black and white. I pay taxes for all the other things like cops, fire department, and schools for people I do not know... I do not see how that is so much of an outrage.

Oh and how did I know that socialism was going to come up? The cookie cutter scare word.

https://historyhub.history.gov/thread/8516

Thank you for your question regarding the quote about Truman and socialism. In President Harry's Truman's remarks in Syracuse, New York on October 10, 1952, he said this:



Socialism is a scare word they have hurled at every advance the people have made in the last 20 years.



Socialism is what they called public power. Socialism is what they called social security.



Socialism is what they called farm price supports.



Socialism is what they called bank deposit insurance.



Socialism is what they called the growth of free and independent labor organizations.



Socialism is their name for almost anything that helps all the people.



When the Republican candidate inscribes the slogan "Down With Socialism" on the banner of his "great crusade," that is really not what he means at all.



What he really means is "Down with Progress--down with Franklin Roosevelt's New Deal," and "down with Harry Truman's fair Deal." That's all he means.

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Where did I say I wanted to steal people's money? I said not everyone who has wealth did it by hard work that is all.


You are advocating using other people’s income to pay for everyone’s medical bills in the entire country. That can be considered stealing, unless you’re Robin Hood. And sadly, I see you’re an advocate for socialism.

Well, you didn’t answer my question about how socialized medicine was going to change any of that either. “Tax everyone else more” would probably be your answer.
To answer the question you asked me, is I don’t know.

Socialism is what it is. Call it a “scare” word if you want. It’s a bullshit system. You can see it any way you like. To me it is trying to supposedly “even the playing field” by punishing the people who have worked hard, or have superior skills, that have allowed them to achieve wealth, success, and the American Dream. It is throwing everything in a big pot and spreading the wealth, regardless of work ethic or effort put in. That is NOT a fair system either. Some people can’t figure out that life isn’t fair, and no one owes you anything. It doesn’t mean people won’t help you, but they should not be forced by the government to hand over large chunks of their income to pay for everyone else’s issues. Socialism is fairy tale land. It does not exist. You have NO RIGHT to spend the money that I or anyone else earns. Taxes are legalized stealing. So it just depends on what people are willing to have their government stolen income pay for. Everyone feels differently about that. I draw the line at roads, police, fire, and K-12 education. You want to it go much further. And your side, the Bernie Sanders “free shit for everybody” cult, is winning, so be happy about that. Steal away.

And, as I say a million times, if you love Canada’s or Sweden’s health care, feel free to go there to a health system and a country that you would enjoy more than this one. There, your problem is easily solved.

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If it gets passed then it would be perfectly legal and would not be considered stealing. So does that mean I get stolen from when paying for the police, fire department and schools for people I do not know?

I never said socialized medicine would fix any of that. I do think it would help the country quite a bit though. See and there you go you have no answer to that either.

Life is not fair and nor do I expect it to ever be. The problem is you guys go well life is not fair therefore lets just keep things the same and not try to improve things. With that mentality we would be stuck in old ways of thinking. Life is not fair but you do your best to make it as fair as you can possibly make it. I have never collected welfare in my life and had a parent who worked 2 and 3 jobs and was single that worked every day to support us. We got called trash, lazy and scum because we did not have money. Despite us never collecting welfare we got looked down upon because we were poor. As I stated earlier some people did not work hard or have superior skills, some people got lucky and had a rich parent. That is simply the luck of the draw. Maybe that parent scammed their way for their money who is to know. I am not saying some did not achieve it by hard work but not every person did.

If you left it up to these corporations they would suck up all resources and not pay anyone anything. Government has to get involved or else they would screw us over. Jeff Bezos did not pay his workers hardly anything until Sanders and co forced him to. How much does Amazon make again? Well again I can say well I do not want to pay for roads, police, fire, and k-12 education. Why is it we can't selectively choose which we want to fund? Sociaism is so bad but I bet you anything people do not hesitate to cash their social security checks. Nor I bet did anyone who got their stimulus return it. So you do not believe in social security, farm price supports, and bank deposit insurance then. All that was called socialism.

Just because I want my country to do better does not mean I hate it. I simply do not like the healthcare system.



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We got called trash, lazy and scum because we did not have money. Despite us never collecting welfare we got looked down upon because we were poor.


That sucks you had such shitty people around you. A lot of people suck and are mean and rude. I don’t see the significance of that to this discussion. Tell them to piss off. I grew up lower middle class. I’m not even close to rich now (30’s), but I stand by everything I said. You can pick and plug every kind of situation you want, it will not change my stance, as I’m sure no matter what I say will not change yours. You have the numbers in your favor, so you’ll get your socialism sooner or later unfortunately, and you’ll see how fair it is.

I hate social security, and would be fine without it. Personal responsibility. I can save for retirement. I only have SS because I am forced to. When my Dad died, my Mom was unable to collect my Dad’s social security because she would have lost hers when she retired. So the money he paid into it helped everyone who is exploiting it, not my family that needed it.

I consider the stimulus checks the government returning our stolen tax dollars. Plus, the government forced people to stop working, so they damn well better reimburse those they forced out of work. I HATE when people use stimulus checks as an excuse for socialism. It’s like if a bully breaks your arm, then gives you a band aid, then says, “at least I didn’t break your other arm and your legs...you should thank me for that band aid.”

If it gets passed it would be perfectly legal? 🤣 Yeah, it would be legal stealing. You really love and trust the government, don’t you. They never do anything wrong. Tax the living shit out of everyone, but “it’s ok...they passed it into law.” 😂

Addiction is a horrible and sad thing. I don’t care if marijuana is legalized. Hard drugs that cause people to kill and steal to get their fix should not be legal. What does that have to do with our conversation?

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See and this is the problem your mind is made up no matter what scenario gets presented to you. I have actually changed my stance on many things because I was open to hearing a logical explanation. For instance my stance on drugs has changed because I had an open mind and became more educated. That stubborn stance of not willing to change a stance is what is killing our country. I bring this up because this is part of the issues in our country. Everyone wants to blame the illegals, the welfare system but no one wants to say anything about the war on drugs and medical debt. That causes issues as well you know.

At least you are consistent in disliking it. However you never disputed farm price supports and bank deposit insurance. Why is it I have no issue with helping others and I have never collected welfare or had anyone else pay my way. Am I not taking personal responsibility? Sounds to me like you need to go ahead and move out of America since my side is winning eye roll.

Government workers were still paid while they were off. So should they give back their stimulus check? I bet you money not one of them did. I am not saying you should be grateful I just find it hypocritical. The people who claim they hate socialism so bad will not hesitate to utilize it when it benefits them.

Legalized theft? Yeah and private companies such as Amazon, Walmart etc never do anything wrong. They never underpay employees and drain a town of it's resources and then up and leave killing off the economy. See you Government=bad private companies=good. I can admit there has been bad things the government has done but there has been good they have done as well. Same goes for the private industry.

All drugs should be legalized. Drug addiction should be treated as a medical issue not a legal one. The cartels are in power because there is a black market for those drugs. If they were legal it gives society more control over the drugs. It has tons to do with our conversation because you have a naive view on how society works. Americas motto for winning the war on drugs. Hey these drugs can ruin your life. So lets charge you with a felony and ruin your life to protect you from ruining your life. Watch these two videos.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wJUXLqNHCaI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W8yYJ_oV6xk

Drug abuse happens no matter if it is legal or not. It is an unwinnable war. If drugs were legal tomorrow would you go out and do them? The law should only interfere with a person when they are infringing on someone else's rights. If you want to do drugs and it is not causing anyone else harm you should be free to. I do not condone drug use but there is a better way to fight it.

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All drugs should be legalized.


This is where we part ways. That statement is insane to me. Legalize things like meth and heroin? Wow. Just wow.

We’re talking in circles at this point anyway. We disagree. It happens. Take care.

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Alright but out of curiosity why are you posting here if you no intention of changing your mind? You want others to change their view but you aren't open to changing yours?

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Because for the time being it’s still a free country. I like the persuasive discussion. However, I will never but into the “free everything for everybody” argument of socialism, or the legalization of drugs that destroy not only the lives of people that are addicted to them, and their families, but the innocent lives affected by the crimes that meth, heroin, etc. addicts commit.

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I know it's a free country but it seems silly to discuss something you are not open to changing your mind on. I openly told you I used to believe in the war on drugs. Once I got more educated on the topic and studied drug abuse, i talked to educated police and drug addicts my mind changed. I then studied law. Things I have no intention on changing my mind on I will not discuss.

You can't come against my drug argument you literally dig your heels in and place your fingers in your ears. If drugs were legal tomorrow would you do them? Do you need the law to tell you what to put into your body? I don't do drugs and that wouldn't change whether they were legal or not. Are there any drug addicts that have never committed a violent crime against another person? Answer carefully. I have not insulted you once, I'm just up for a civil debate.

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I know you have some trouble with the word literally, haha. Just messing around.

If drugs were legal tomorrow would you do them? Do you need the law to tell you what to put into your body? I don't do drugs and that wouldn't change whether they were legal or not. Are there any drug addicts that have never committed a violent crime against another person? Answer carefully.


No, I wouldn’t do them, but I’m not a drug addict. No, I don’t need the law to tell me what to put in my body. Yes, there are drug addicts who never committed a crime other than consuming illegal drugs, but I know there are also drug addicts who fried their babies in a microwave because it cried too loud, or murdered their parents to rob them so they could get their next fix. BECAUSE OF DRUGS. I think more drugs addicts break the law than don’t break the law, whether it is murder, robbery, or even something like a DUI that puts other people in danger. If these drugs were made legal...would that make them stop cooking meth and shooting up heroin? No. Would that make them quit drugs because the “law” is no longer worried about it? No. Would they stop destroying the lives of themselves or the people around them? No. Would overdoses decrease? No. People addicted to these substances need help, but are also a danger to themselves and other people, and sometimes need to be removed from society until they can either get the help they need, or until they realize what a danger they are and will accept help. That is where the law comes in, to protect other people. Please tell me why you think drugs like crystal meth and heroin should be legal? I’m still trying to understand your point of view on this.



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Okay you just admitted you wouldn't do drugs for if they were legal tomorrow. This proves that the people who are currently doing drugs will do them and those who have no desire or are not an addict will not. This shows the law is not a deterrent for using drugs. There are people who have gotten 20 years or life for marijuana.

That's just it though when they get locked up for whatever drug they do what happens? They get a felony on their record and get slapped with legal fees. Now once you are out no one will hire you therefore they relapse back into their drug habit easier. People are as we speak committing violent crimes because of drugs. Law is not protecting people from this. The law should only be concerned with what another person is doing when they infringe on someone else's right. If someone committed a violent crime while on drugs they should be charged just as a person would be for committing a violent crime while not on drugs. Key is we need to be able to rehabilitate people and get them back into society. The ones that commit no violent crimes of course. That way instead of slapping a felony on their record they can get a job and not be blacklisted and relapse. Ever consider that?

If you are cooking meth in an apartment or a rented house, or with kids or others inside that should be illegal. The reason being meth contaminates buildings and you don't own an apartment or a rented home. If someone owns property and wants to cook meth in their personal rv or motor home with only them in it why is that our concern? Did you watch those videos links I provided you? That explains the drug war.

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So no response?

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In my opinion, your post was all over the place and makes no sense to me. I didn’t feel like saying the same thing for the 5th time.

I did not watch your links, because I didn’t care to. I could easily send you a propaganda video about why hard drugs should be illegal as well. If you get caught cooking meth, you SHOULD get a felony on your record, whether you have kids around or not. I say again for the people in the back, THESE DRUGS DESTROY LIVES and everyone around them, and should not be made, distributed, or taken. If you are caught making them, dealing them, or using them you should go to jail.

The only thing you wrote that I agree with is that people should not get 20 years in prison for marijuana, and I don’t think that happens often, if ever.

Ok, I’m done talking about your beliefs on highly addictive and destructive drugs being legalized on a post about whether or not people agree with universal health care. It was a better debate than most I’ve had on here, which is nice for a change. Have a great day.

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The links I sent you were not even long videos. One of the videos I sent you was 6 minutes in length. The other one was a point made by a retired police officer. I honestly thought you might find them insightful... I should have known better though, keep on being blind bud. Go ahead and send the video that makes the argument of why drugs should be illegal. All it would be is exactly what you just said a propaganda video. I am open to you sending me them and I will gladly watch them. See that is just it you know the videos will dispel your argument therefore you stick your head in the sand. I am confident in my position therefore I am open to watch any video you want to throw at me. They do destroy lives but slapping a felony on someone's record also destroys lives.

Hey drugs are bad and can ruin your life therefore lets charge you with a felony and ruin your life to protect you from ruining your life. Doesn't that sound counterproductive to you? If drugs were legal you realize it takes away the cartel's power? You know those people who profit off the suffering of millions of people and live like kings.

Lol you do not think that happens often if ever? Okay here check this out. https://norml.org/laws/federal-penalties-2/

https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2020/01/22/four-in-ten-u-s-drug-arrests-in-2018-were-for-marijuana-offenses-mostly-possession/

https://campaigns.organizefor.org/petitions/serving-life-w-hard-labor-w-o-parole-for-20-of-marijuana

You are free to walk away. However I do not respect those that bury their head in the sand and will not check out factual evidence given. Continue listening to only the points you want to hear, and expect for people to take you seriously.

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They do destroy lives but slapping a felony on someone's record also destroys lives.


So you feel bad for the drug dealers and drug users getting a felony, but not the people that they hurt by their criminal actions? 🤦🏻‍♂️

...and whether you respect me or take me seriously, or not, is not something that concerns me in the slightest. You want heroin and meth to be legal. 🤣

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When did I say I did not feel bad for the people they harm? I said that if they commit a crime against others they should be charged the same as someone would be who committed a crime against someone while not on drugs. If they do not harm anyone else and only do drugs it should not be a crime.

Correction I want all drugs to be legal. I can lob that right back you are one of those people who believes in the war on drugs. You should congratulate drugs for winning the war on drugs. Notice I did not just say oh you believe in the war on drugs burn! That is the childish level of debating you have sunk to. He believes in legalizing drugs burn! Okay elaborate you did not lol. I provided links and provided arguments. That is how debating works.

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Lol yeah carry on.

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Nothing on drugs then? Are you for the legalization of drugs?

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M-F ! Do you think it's okay to bilk thousands of people out of their $$?
And will YOU leave this country because you don't like the current policies?
Please move to whatever oligarchic utopia you find welcoming. Saudi, perhaps?

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Nope. We're making this country even better, whether it suits you or not.

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A million times? Try to make it real so people can give you some realizies once in a while.

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Nice job of backtracking DRs wouldn't be making $15/hr, even if that's what you said at first.
Eff. try to have a cogent argument about an important subject before flying off.

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BS
All I needed was to read the first sentence and see this was o BS argument that people can suffer and die, we should expect to pay through the nose for every dignity of living, to justify the Medical and Insurance field screwing us.

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Oh yay, it’s the leader of the Bernie Sanders cult of socialists coming to tell everyone what to do with their money.

Thanks for the 6 messages in a row. If I struck a nerve with you, I know for a fact I said the right thing.

Tell me, where else should I send my paycheck that would make you happy? A skinny jeans company, or maybe a vaping company?

You must be in a bad mood because your buddy was acquitted again.

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Bernie Sanders was acquitted? I didn't know he was my buddy.

All I know is we are supposedly enlightened people and if we continue to only reward the rich in this country, we will have a real insurrection and actual blood bath on our hands, brought to you by the Republican party for serving corporate interests over human ones.

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Gotta love the Boutique-Health-Care-For-Those-Who-Can-Afford-It model. What a wonderful justification for denying the regular populace what we have achieved in Health Care, because we want to keep the good $$ coming in or the next gen of rich people might have to wait in line. Oh my.

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We will get it after the virus is gone and democrats have firm control of government. It also will have a more obvious population control wrote into it.

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