Comment Re:taxes (Score 1) 776
Whether a person deserves what they get is never so clear-cut. You picked an extreme example, and many people would agree that we shouldnt have to pay for an obese two-pack-a-day smoker's health bills from a common pool... but who is going to decide whether he lives or dies? That sounds like a a death panel to me... one that is much, much worse than the so-called death panels that were recently proposed.
So, stop thinking through your arguments half-way. Complete personal freedom doesnt work. You dont have the freedom to kill, cheat, abuse, or pollute. Accept that, and lets try to make the best of it from there.