tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8705078887057341738.post1933756164221178809..comments2024-03-19T07:30:55.288-04:00Comments on Curmudgeon: Welfare Queens are BackCurmudgeonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04323026187622872114noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8705078887057341738.post-50224696595710426742011-09-29T11:40:35.852-04:002011-09-29T11:40:35.852-04:00Wow...get over it, our President is 'black'...Wow...get over it, our President is 'black', whether you and your collegues like it. Be professional and keep your comments private.Your profession mainly consists of saving lives not destroying them. <br />"WE NEED EQUALITY IN AMERICA."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8705078887057341738.post-42178633354159649332010-09-19T10:59:22.480-04:002010-09-19T10:59:22.480-04:00Hummm, do you have any say in how defense spending...Hummm, do you have any say in how defense spending is allocated? Did you approve of the war? Which one?<br />The bailout of big banks? Or whether or not the highway gets repaved? <br /><br />Who are we, those not on Medicaid, to say what things a person may or may not have when receiving money?<br /><br />Take out the tooth? Can't have food that a bureaucrat deems too fatty? Like, say, pork? Can't smoke? Can't have a beer? Can't go to the Deli for a ham sandwich? Tossed out of health care for eating at Burger King seems a bit off the mark for me.<br /><br />Frankly, health care at this part of life is not the "problem." The far greater costs are for end-of-life medical costs. We gladly pay hundreds of thousands for a heart transplant that extends life for 20 years or for last-gasp surgeries or treatments that only prolong pain for two or three weeks. If you want to save money on health care funded by the government, start there.<br /><br />I'd rather get everyone a basic level of health care and prevent a lot of those expensive later treatments - but you're not going to do that by demonizing those who wear their pants too low or have the audacity to drink beer at a racetrack on Sunday. Sure, I'd love to see cigarettes disappear but, short of an outright ban, that's never going to happen and not even then.Curmudgeonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04323026187622872114noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8705078887057341738.post-3281577170604990422010-09-18T22:11:33.173-04:002010-09-18T22:11:33.173-04:00I'm a conservative/liberterian, and I would pr...I'm a conservative/liberterian, and I would prefer to stay out of other people's affairs, but if the government is going to force me to pay for something, shouldn't I be able to have a say in how it's spent?<br /><br />I think this letter actually makes one of the best points against gov't health care--once we are footing the bill for everyone's health care, everyone's lifestyle becomes our (or the government's) business.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com