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To: robert b furman who wrote (3882)	3/9/2016 12:37:48 PM
From: dan6	4 Recommendations Recommended By Chip McVickar Ken Adams Kirk © Sawdusty Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 26808

Hi Bob- I've enjoyed listening in on your conversations with Kirk for a long time. Very thoughtful stuff. And I admire your gardening and canning prowess! I think today you woke up on the wrong side of the bed. You can't be serious about letting your neighbors die because they can't afford health care! It's easy to forget the the poor come in many stripes. Some, like me, are lazy. But most aren't, and for a variety of reasons find themselves unable to afford health care, among other things. The deck is stacked against poor people in every direction. I understand how people who work hard don't want to share their stuff with people who don't. It isn't fair. But nor is it fair when people who want to take care of their families can't find work that pays them enough to do so. You're going to let these people die? I suspect you are indulging in hyperbole and I will let you let off steam and soon go back to lurking. But -geez- if smart people like you, who I suspect have more money than you need, get so riled up about compassionate sharing, regardless of what the politicians do and say, this country really is in trouble... dan

To: robert b furman who wrote (3882)	3/9/2016 12:53:21 PM
From: Kirk ©	1 Recommendation Recommended By the traveler Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 26808

I look at health care somewhat like police and fire. Just as I hope the fire department puts out a fire in their house before it jumps to mine..... If my neighbors get Ebola or the plague and are dead broke with no job to pay for health insurance, I sure hope they can go to the hospital and get treatment before they spread it to me. Now if I broke my leg or arm windsurfing every year, they might want to have a charge for the sport to cover the excess risk before I get it fixed for free..... And if you and others want to drink alcohol, I'd sure like to see everyone charged the estimated $2 per drink it costs society. Then you add in all the variables like how I push myself to get on the elliptical or take a yoga class 9 out of 10 days a week unless I do a hike, windsurf or bike ride.... to have better health while others sit on the couch and eat chips and swill beer.... How do we do all this seems very difficult now and I sure don't have a good idea as charging a sugar or booze or saturated fat tax on what we consume doesn't really work as politicians now use the money from the gas tax to increase pensions and pay other promises.