http://weblog.saardrimer.com/index.php/should-stupidity-be-legal_259/ you get what you pay for Sat, 28 Jan 2012 13:35:18 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://weblog.saardrimer.com/index.php/should-stupidity-be-legal_259/comment-page-1/#comment-9601 philip Fri, 29 Sep 2006 07:07:14 +0000 http://weblog.saardrimer.com/index.php/should-stupidity-be-legal_259/#comment-9601 Well, you assume that I think that there should be socialized medicine. This actually is my number one argument against socialized medicine: it gives the government too much financial incentive to interfere with every thing you do, since most health problems are lifestyle related. In socialized medicine you are either forced to finance bad decisions or you are forced to meddle enormously in people's lives. Therefore, socialized medicine = bad. Well, you assume that I think that there should be socialized medicine. This actually is my number one argument against socialized medicine: it gives the government too much financial incentive to interfere with every thing you do, since most health problems are lifestyle related. In socialized medicine you are either forced to finance bad decisions or you are forced to meddle enormously in people’s lives. Therefore, socialized medicine = bad.

]]> http://weblog.saardrimer.com/index.php/should-stupidity-be-legal_259/comment-page-1/#comment-9579 Freeman Fri, 29 Sep 2006 00:49:55 +0000 http://weblog.saardrimer.com/index.php/should-stupidity-be-legal_259/#comment-9579 Phil, it was a great article, but one can also argue that the people who eat BigMacs not only harm themselves but also harm their peers by increasing the health care (insurance) costs for the everyone. Same goes for the no-seatbelt girl and the helmetless guy. One solution can be taxing the sale rather than the income. If you want to eat BigMac, you pay more sale tax than the salad guy. If someone wants to drive without seatbelt, fine, the police rather than giving him/her a ticket, would write down his/her name, so if he/she is later hurt in an accident, the insurance would not cover his/her health bill. I know it does not look that practical, anyhow it sucks to live with the stupid. Phil,
it was a great article, but one can also argue that the people who eat BigMacs not only harm themselves but also harm their peers by increasing the health care (insurance) costs for the everyone. Same goes for the no-seatbelt girl and the helmetless guy. One solution can be taxing the sale rather than the income. If you want to eat BigMac, you pay more sale tax than the salad guy. If someone wants to drive without seatbelt, fine, the police rather than giving him/her a ticket, would write down his/her name, so if he/she is later hurt in an accident, the insurance would not cover his/her health bill. I know it does not look that practical, anyhow it sucks to live with the stupid.

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