Universal health care

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One must realize that when you work hard for your money, you have to use your common sense and realize that by paying taxes, you in effect make your life better. It means a higher standard of living for not just you, but for everyone. Of course, one must reach a balance, because high taxes put a damper on the economy. In Canada, I feel we have reached this balance.

Say I'm a healthy person who rarely has a need for healthcare - by being forced to pay the extra taxes, my life is worse because I'm paying for nothing that benefits me.

Yes, it is miserable being healthy.

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You asserted that Tredrick shouldn't get healthcare from your system because he doesn't pay into it - if a Canadian doesn't pay into the system, why should he receive healthcare from it?

Because it is a right in Canada
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You still haven't answered the question - you asserted that one person shouldn't get healthcare from Canada because he didn't pay into the system(not because he didn't live in Canada), so why does someone else who doesn't pay into the system deserve it simply because they happen to live in Canada?
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Is this supposed to be an argument?

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The Pew poll has 65% support, 30% oppose.

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The Pew poll has 65% support, 30% oppose.

I bet it didn't mention numbers.

Yeah, I suppose if they had mentioned cost compared to the current system, it would have done even better.

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It kills me to say I support universal healthcare, because it's such a left-wing thing in an American context. I would keep the private sector legal and not allow people making over a certain amount access to the government run health system(without any tax break).

Don't worry, 65% of Americans favor it.