"Nothing in life is free" we have been told this from day one. This can be seen in everything we want or need from food to schooling. When it comes to receiving health care things should be no different.
Being able to receive healthcare should be considered a privilege. For those who cannot put forth effort into finding a job, there is no reason to hand them healthcare. Boudreaux said that "Not everything that is highly desirable is a right" because when we are just handed things in life we become lazy. Being able to earn things makes you feel so much more proud of yourself in so many different types of ways and I think that most of those people haven't had that feeling in so long, they just give up and expect everyone else to pay for them
Another reason it should be a privilege is because people will take advantage of this system such as not getting a job or contributing to society because they don't have to have a job to get healthcare benefits. This can also be seen where people abuse the food stamps system by living off of this and not getting jobs yet can be seen spending their money on expensive phones and/or drugs. If they can afford that why can't they afford food or healthcare?
The last reason I believe this should be a privilege is because most everyone is born with the ability to work. Mostly everyone is born with the learning capabilities to grow up and find work and those who cannot or are disabled can receive social security/disability checks during the month to help them get by. Along with that they can be given an option to extra healthcare such as Medicare which is affordable to them.
We are already given the most important thing in our country which is freedom and as many people know, freedom isn't free. While it may be able to help those without jobs we must remember that if the homeless people can sit on a corner a beg for money for 8 hours a day, why can't they go walk around applying to jobs and if they get their job they can work.
Hello Cory,
ReplyDeleteNice blog. Good work defending the opposing position on universal health care. I think your use of the readings was a little minimal. You could have incorporated Creech as well. Use of the texts strengthens one's argument and it become less of an opinion. And instead becomes more of a position.