Do we have "free" defense provided by our military and national guard? Are the corps of engineers "free"? Is our highway system "free"? Was the construction of Hoover and Grand Coulee dam "free". Were the moon shots and all the probes we've sent out in the solar system "free". There's more, and it ads up to much more than a "few fires a year".
As a society, we have decided that all these things are important enough to fit them in the federal budget.
I can see where you have a problem with the idea of public health care because even if we take responsibility and tax everyone for health care, according to you, “only the rich pay taxes.â€
That’s the same mentality that says it’s ok for a certain number of homeless people to freeze to death each year.
I think you should at least think of how health care, as it stands today, is like a regressive tax. If so, then who’s paying their share now?
I’d say it was the middle class and lower, unless you include those with Cadillac care.
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Nobody said anything about "free".
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