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I'm intrigued that you define corruption as specifically being things that are illegal or things that the ethics committees would object to. The ethics committees are, after all, part of the same group. So the two major parties make it extremely difficult for someone not in those parties to even get on the ballot. The two parties also decide who will be part of the primaries, which means we don't really get to vote for "change", we get to vote for whomever the parties have selected. This is corruption. But the ethics committees are part of this process, and wouldn't be on the ethics committee if it wasn't for this process, so they say everything is ok.

Hmmm. You're right, people shouldn't be cold about it, but money is indeed finite. It has to be paid for somehow....

We could just pass a law that says as of today the government will pay for all medical expenses; all bills should be sent directly to Uncle Sam, and TADA, everyone is covered. But, we're currently spending way more than we can afford as it is, so how would we actually pay for it.

So, folks come up with these great ideas: just don't charge people for emergency room visits. That would be great, but how would we actually do that?

So, it may be cold, but dealing with realities is the responsible thing to do.

No one defends it. Everyone thinks it's awful, but we disagree on the resolution.

Why is it a problem to require people to carry insurance?