Yeah, I just think all the poor and needy should just f***ing die and reduce the surplus population.
Give the stereotypes a rest, already. And it should be noted that generosity out of someone else's pocket doesn't count on the Wheel of Karma.

The "perception" of the Right, at least that segment that I inhabit, is that you can't get something for nothing, and that one person's need does not give them the right to use force to make other people meet that need.

--That government money does not grow on trees, but is taken from your neighbors. And no, not just the rich, nasty ones.

--That every nation that has tried to meet human needs by funneling the wealth through a centralized planning authority has failed utterly, and resulted in far more human misery than is ever seen in capitalist systems.

The health insurance and health care flap is largely a manufactured crisis, much as many other such things are manufactured, with the intent of encouraging the concentration of power in a central authority. To have the process of health care turned over to the State would give politicians almost unlimited power over the citizens. There are few issues of control that cannot be directly tied to health care in one way or another. Once the government is the sole source of health care, they can legitimately control nutrition, clothing, driving...any human activity which could in some way incur a health cost.

Have you ever wondered why the statistic that is constantly trumpeted is "lack of insurance," not lack of medical care? When was the last time somebody got thrown out of an emergency room just because they didn't have insurance? And preventative care? Take any preventative procedure you can think of, stick the word "free" in front of it (like "free mammograms"), and do a search. A lot of this is provided privately or through donations.

And as for lack of insurance for low-income people, even burger-flippers at McDonalds get a health plan, among other things. No doubt there are many uninsured among self-employed and people working for small family businesses and such. Is this really a problem requiring a universal solution?

The people who are pushing universal health care are interested in power, not in providing health care. The main warning sign of such an attitude is that they fight like hell against any workable alternatives that do NOT give the government more power, even if they do a better job in providing the need. They also fight like hell against means-tested programs, versus the universal ones they prefer. With this in mind, think also about retirement funding and education.

Until that basic truth sinks in, I don't know where else I can go from here.

Nothing makes a certain kind of politician happier than to have people crawling on their knees to them for their basic human needs. And when one must win an election to keep power, this is, of course, the ideal situation.

Private solutions offer none of this power, which is why politicians, particularly on the Left, hate them.

And don't even get me started on WHY there is so much need for single mothers to work and pay for child care.