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Politics : Formerly About Advanced Micro Devices
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To: SilentZ who wrote (765654)1/27/2014 1:37:39 PM
From: Tenchusatsu  Read Replies (2) of 1576346
 
Z,
Government has a ton of functions that don't resemble charity. And charitable organizations don't do plenty of things that government does. They're just not the same thing.
Thanks Z. I think you just answered my own question as to why government is not a vehicle for philanthropy or altruism, despite liberals believing otherwise.
you haven't answered my basic question of how a basic government program like Medicaid would be replaced if the government stopped running it.
I can't answer questions you don't ask.

If Medicaid went away, the dependents would have to rely on general government assistance programs for the poor.

If Medicare went away, its dependents would have to pay for their own health care, often with their SS benefits.

If SS and government assistance programs went away, people would have to save more for their retirement and rainy day costs.

I'm not a complete libertarian idealist, so I don't believe in eliminating all of these programs. But I do believe there should be limits set, and I do believe that saving ought to be encouraged, not discouraged via progressive taxation and easy money policies.

Tenchusatsu
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