Go Obama. A single payer system will be best in my book.
You do realize you are posting in a bitcoin forum where if the currency promoted here becomes dominate, taxes will be voluntary. I certainly won't be paying for other people's healthcare. Don't be surprised when there's no one left to pay the bill.
I almost agree, you shouldn't have to pay for my healthcare and I shoud not have to pay for the police to protect you from the guys that visit you in the night to steal your wife for ransom.
You obviously have no idea how insurance works, which we will use as an analogy to discuss the statement you just made. Insurance (we're not talking about taxes here) is not designed such that the premiums you pay over time will even out and roughly cover the claims you have.
That's not how insurance was designed, and that's now how insurance works.
Here's how it works: insurance is designed such that the total premiums collected allow the insurance company to cover all claims and still turn a profit.
The key point here, and the one you're missing, is from the perspective of the customer, insurance allows a premium to be paid so that if you have bad luck, you'll be covered for expenses which far exceed the premiums you pay in. Those expenses will ultimately be derived from the premiums paid by those who end up having good luck over the course of their lives. Do you see how this contradicts your ideas on police?
My suggestion: understand such things before you make claims about how healthcare and police expenses are dealt with whether it is in the form of a tax or an insurance premium. Because your post indicates a general lack of understanding on these things.
