Quote Originally Posted by Sasquatch View Post
Tell you what -- I'll bite. You post some credible evidence that cures for AIDS and cancer do indeed exist, and that they're being kept secret for the purposes of population control and making more money, and I will concede.
I don't buy in for conspiracy theories, don't get me wrong, but I think they're interesting. However, why don't you try prove that cures for AIDS and cancer don't exist? It's remarkably hard to do. Sense tells me (and you, I gather) that they don't exist, because I don't think anybody would be that evil (history has proved this principle wrong). But stop saying he's stupid when you couldn't ever prove him incorrect, at least on this one. Besides, get back to healthcare, both of you.

Quote Originally Posted by Zargabaath
There is no law or right that all people must be equal...
Congratulations, you just failed on American History 101:

Quote Originally Posted by Declaration of Independence, 1776 (Thomas Jefferson)
We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness. To secure this rights governments are instituted among men, deriving their just power from the consent of the governed;
You should try harder, like Tiny Tim.

Poorness does not give people special privileges or rights
Of course not; it takes them away. Poverty is humiliating.

If all the regulations were abolished prices would come down, but some people don’t see that; blind to all the regulations that government has set in place skyrocketing prices, they demand more intervention that will eventually lead to the extinction of the private sector with the government and all of its red-tape to the health of its citizenry.
If all the regulations were abolished, prices may indeed come down. But I'd argue that because demand for healthcare is inelastic (because it's a necessity), the higher price means higher profits for a private firm. There would be no incentive to lower prices. Health care is not perfect competition, you don't find hospitals on every street corner; or do you? If I listen to you conservatives, American healthcare is the 'best'.

More intervention would not only reduce prices, it would remove them (for people, not the government), or don't you understand what socialised healthcare is? And yes, I'm sure all states seek the extinction of the private sector. That's a real good idea! I wonder why no one does it anymore?

A stranger that requires your money for health care because they can’t afford it ... is wrong.
Yes, because it is wrong to help someone who needs it. The government does not steal our money (bold, because this concept appears new to many), it takes it and puts it to use for the citizenry. If the government took our money solely to pay for itself, I'd be pissed. But no, it builds roads, train tracks, etc. So why should it not take care of our healthcare too?