Comment Re:It's finally time (Score 0) 314
Fire fighting service is [etc, etc].
False equivalence: an ugly smile != your house burning down.
That's a very American viewpoint. In other countries, government functions well. In others, it does well with some things, and badly at others.
...that would've been be a good point, until you find the torrent of NIH scandals and the massive money-suck it represents.
Why should I have pay for someone to have a pretty smile??
Because they'll pay for you to have something you'd argue isn't essential, like fire protection, food safety, fertility treatments, counselling, etc.
Again, false equivalence, but this time in multiples, with a non-sequitur thrown in for fun. (hint: fertility treatments are not essential to life and limb, and "counselling[sic]" is too vague to provide context as to how essential it may be.)
She's still OK to drive, the medical benefit is currently justified for her mental health (she's lost confidence with worsening sight). It's free on the NHS.
...and while it's nice that your granny is getting the surgery, I completely fail to see how "lost confidence" is justification for physical surgery, let alone having it become sufficient justification for payment from the public purse.