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Old 11-19-2010, 05:23 PM   #48
Clodfobble
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Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce
But goddammit, it shouldn't be the government making that choice.
A partially-libertarian system doesn't work. Like Spexx said, as long as my tax dollars are going to pay for their emergency triple bypass, and their child's type II diabetes meds, I vote that they don't get to eat pure unadulterated bullshit. Or that it at least has to be a little harder for them to make that choice.

To put it another way, isn't this kind of like saying that it should be the blue-collar workers' choice whether they want to work in a factory that adheres to safety guidelines?
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