SneekyNinja
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The problem with that being one person can't help everyone that needs it...so it's usually better to conserve resources to help people "closer to home"...
Like the OP should be with his friend/acquaintance's kid.
Like the OP should be with his friend/acquaintance's kid.
DIY-HP-LED
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Why we don't care? We do care many people give of themselves and give money, sometimes we feel overwhelmed though because the need is so great, because the greed is so great. Do what you can for others, no one person can solve the misery of the world, it's a group effort. Compassion is a key component of happiness and peace of mind, if you want a happy life, live a compassionate one, be generous and kind. Change the world one heart and mind at a time, starting with yourself and join with others who feel the same and watch your power multiply.
If you don't think a small group of determined people can change the world, tell me when it has been otherwise?
DIY-HP-LED
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I usually go with my heart on such issues, logic is of little help and usually is used to rationalise greed. Ya do what ya feel is right and can be at peace with.
VILEPLUME
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The counter argument I hear is that it's the families fault for not working hard enough to get health insurance in the first place. The other more harsher argument I hear is that this is natural selection taking place. Weeding out the sick and poor, so they don't reproduce more sick and poor.
I read an article stating that almost 45,000 Americans die each year because they lack health insurance. I wonder how many of those 45K are children?
https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/st...s-annually-linked-to-lack-of-health-coverage/
Fogdog
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why are you quoting fake arguments? Just because somebody says something doesn't mean it deserves consideration.
ttystikk
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This thread is an attempt to find fault with everything but the real problem; the criminal lack of universal health care.
The plot of America's most popular series followed a man who took up the manufacture of illegal drugs to pay for his family's medical bills.
Instead of yet another of thousands of GoFundMe accounts to help with someone's health care costs, perhaps we should agitate forcefully with our elected representatives for a national health service so no one ever need suffer such an indignity again.
It is the greatest of indictments against our nation that we not only don't do it, but don't even think of it in situations like these.
To answer the question more directly; we're all complicit in the immoral activities of the most greedy among us.
The plot of America's most popular series followed a man who took up the manufacture of illegal drugs to pay for his family's medical bills.
Instead of yet another of thousands of GoFundMe accounts to help with someone's health care costs, perhaps we should agitate forcefully with our elected representatives for a national health service so no one ever need suffer such an indignity again.
It is the greatest of indictments against our nation that we not only don't do it, but don't even think of it in situations like these.
To answer the question more directly; we're all complicit in the immoral activities of the most greedy among us.
Unclebaldrick
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Fogdog
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I think the question was more urgent than how can we solve healthcare system in a few years.
ttystikk
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I think saving the lives and health of millions of our fellow Americans is an issue in urgent need of attention.
Fogdog
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Thank you for answering what nobody asked.
ttystikk
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I know you hate facts.
Wouldn't it be nice if no one had to set up a GoFundMe account to pay for medical expenses?
Or are you cool with charity and the indignity of behind strangers for your life?
Jeff Sessions is, yet you like to call others right wingers.
You just hate facts, don't you?
Fogdog
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The OP was about the morality of turning down a plea for money from a family with a baby dying of cancer. Your reply was let's fix healthcare. The kid will be long gone and buried before that happens. Just saying that your monomaniacal rant is out of place in this thread.
ttystikk
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And I'm just saying that putting anyone in that position is an affront to everything America says it stands for and fails to live up to.
I can't believe you're trying to cast shade on the opinion that we should solve this problem, permanently, for everyone.
You've been breathing too many tailpipe fumes lately, smogdog.
Fogdog
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Since you can't read like an adult try sounding out the words. Maybe you'll be able to piece it together.
ttystikk
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Keep trying.
The indignity of the situation is what needs to be solved- for EVERYONE, tailpipe sniffer.
Fogdog
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Not going to try, I'll just repeat in the hope that one synapse in your brain still works.
ttystikk
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Repeating ineptitude does not gain you points.
UncleBuck
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please quote where i said that "the Palestinians deserve what they're getting" or apologize to me for lying and admit that you lied.
thanks
Fogdog
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he OP was about the morality of turning down a plea for money from a family with a baby dying of cancer. Your reply was let's fix healthcare. The kid will be long gone and buried before that happens. Just saying that your monomaniacal rant is out of place in this thread.
ttystikk
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Wrong thread. It's an easy mistake when you're drunk.
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