Originally Posted by BFT3K

You're right. Everything costs money, and highly skilled services and specialty equipment is rightfully expensive.

Our military is very expensive, with wars costing trillions of dollars and new types of bombs and guns, etc., also costing mega-bucks.

Same with crime prevention. Cops are skilled at what they do too, and put their lives on the line to save us. They need new expensive equipment all the time.

Cyber threats are expensive to prevent against as well, and part of the pentagon's HUGE annual budget.

Take an extra 5% or 10% out of everyone's income, as another tax, and call it a fucking day on health care. We're paying AT LEAST that now, just for limited coverage. Why do we need to think about healthcare at all?

Do you pay military insurance? New bomb insurance? No - all of that shit is payed for by the taxpayer.

Healthcare should not be a "for-profit" enterprise for insurance companies, and any civilized society should expect it to be a RIGHT and NOT a privilege.

Do you negotiate fire department insurance, or military assistance insurance, or public education insurance?

Some things are paid for by your taxes, and that just makes sense. Health insurance is one of those things.