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Politics : A US National Health Care System?
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To: Road Walker who wrote (3661)1/9/2008 4:09:48 PM
From: Lane3  Read Replies (1) of 42652
 
How many times everyday do you think your freedoms are restricted by government? Think stop lights etc.

You missed my phrase about "danger to others." "Others." I'm not talking about essential restrictions. You're creating a straw man.

And no, I don't run in to significant restrictions every day. Rarely, in fact, and I'd like to keep it that way.

There are, however, lots of annoying little intrusions. Just today I lowered the seat in my car to get the ugly "caution air bag" sticker on the visor above my light of sight. Of all the nasty things to do to a nice car! You pay good money for a nicely finished environment, coordinated leather and fabric finely tailored, and then they slap that ugly sign on the visors. Like maybe I'd forget that there's an air bag there? Seriously, I'm allergic to hot colors and that sign sticks out like a sore thumb against my tasteful gray and taupe interior. They might as well have stuck a neon bordello sign on the hood.

The government doesn't have any sense of proportion about such things and comes up with the most bizarre intrusions. There's no sign to warn you about flammable gasoline, for example, yet they warn you about air bags.

End of rant. Fortunately that intrusion only offends my sensibilities. Medical intrusions have the potential to be much more serious.
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