"rw" wrote in message
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JT wrote:
"rw" wrote in message
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I'm against (mildly) laws that mandate personal safety, like helmet and
seat-belt laws, but I'm in favor of laws that mandate public safety.


I feel about the same when it comes to personal safety law... The problem
comes when the non-seatbelt wearing driver with no medical insurance goes
through the windshield and ends up in a hospital for several months or
worse a vegetable in an institution. As tax payers, we end up paying for
it.

JT


That's a a good argument for mandated universal health insurance.

I see both sides, however, someone is going to have to pay for universal
health care and it will be the guy/gal working for a living. That troubles
me...

Your argument troubles me, because people do all kinds of dangerous things
(dangerous to themselves, that is) -- not just refusing to wear seat
belts. I don't want to see a bunch of laws telling us what we can't do, or
must do, for our own good.

True that, and stupid people will contiue doing stupid things no matter what
the laws says.

JT