according to any philosphical understanding of what freedom means conceptually, freedom has never meant behavior which imposes on other people. your problem is you don't understand in which direction the imposition is happening in the healthcare debate. the issue is not that the government is imposing on you to pay for health insurance, the issue is you are imposing on society thinking you can walk around without health insurance

"You can't have freedom without responsibility."

this is exactly right. it is your responsibility to take care of your health. if you don't do that, you are not exercising a freedom of yours, you are acting irresponsibly. you are willfully or ignorantly avoiding the fact that if you are passed out on the ground, we can't simply walk by you, we have to take you to the hospital, or we aren't being ethical. therefore you MUST get health insurance because this is your RESPONSIBILITY. not having insurance is not a right or a freedom you are exercising, it is an act of IRRESPONSIBILITY you are committing

do you understand now?

The unfortunate reality is that as the cost of goods transportation has become cheaper it has become harder and harder for workers in the developed world to compete with the developing world where people will work for 10c per hour. There are also the issues of health and safety laws but those are a pretty minor expense compared to the actual difference in cost of living and hence wages.

In this modern world the only hope for the developed world is in jobs that require a high level of education. Any job that can be learned via an apprenticeship has moved abroad as the company paying for production decided they could take a hit on the poorer quality that was produced initially based on the cost savings of not paying a western developed wage.

Unfortunately that as much as us in the developed world would like to exclude certain countries from our markets there are people in charge of large corporations and on wall street who benefit the most from the current system that will fight this as it is not them being put out of work.

Meh, Star Wars has been done, why do it again?

Nice try, but that's a different market. At McDs, they want to lure you in and keep you there as long as possible. Even if you don't order anything, at least you will be immersed in their branding. The airport is just the opposite - they have a *captive* audience, and they're the only game in town. That's why a soda at the airport costs 5.00 while the same one at McDs costs $.79. Basic supply and demand.

How about we look at military history? Infantry, cavalry, artillery? Pikes, Muskets, Cavalry? And so on. There are many models we could use that provide interesting tactical arrangements without forcing groups to spend hours waiting for a healer.

-Jeff