This issue isn't purely about statistical or empirical data. In fact, social issues can rarely be broken down in such a way. If they could, there would be no ground for Christian activist to stand on when trying to inject Christian morality into American politics.

However, taking personal stories and putting them aside, we're still left with the currently accepted statistical fact that 1/5th of legal American citizens are completely without health coverage of any kind. Many more are estimated to have insufficient coverage for anything more than a minor injury or illness.

These aren't the poor and jobless, ironically, they can be covered under a number of charities and schemes. No, these are hard working middle class and lower-middle class citizens either not getting insurance through their job or receiving insufficient benefits.


I know you choose to look at military health care as a perk of the job, but it's level of coverage outstrips any other job related health perk ... and it's paid for with American tax dollars. Given that the United States military is the #1 socialized expense in this country, and was responsible for income tax in the first place, one can reasonably label any benefit derived from participation as a socialized expense.

If you want to look at it as no more than a perk of the job, fine. I'll choose to look at national health care as no more than a perk of citizenship.

Last edited by The Dread Pirate Westley; 2008-06-28 4:45 PM.