@VarickBoyd @marwilliamson When you're not worrying about survival, you can really better your life. Please see Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs.
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@astro_puppy @marwilliamson the problem is that you are talking theory and we are dealing in reality.
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@VarickBoyd @marwilliamson We can walk and chew gum at the same time. But yes, we're in a pale of poo, and the question is: "what do we do?"
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@astro_puppy @marwilliamson can you imagine the average health care cost for a 20 year smoker?
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@VarickBoyd @marwilliamson Which is a cost still in the system as it exists now. It doesn't just suddenly appear cuz of a change in policy.
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@astro_puppy @marwilliamson True but imagine if it was totally free? Do you want to put that burden completely on the Government?
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@VarickBoyd @marwilliamson Taxes would rise a LOT. As my first response to U indicated. The Finland model's a winner. But we're stuck here.
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@astro_puppy @marwilliamson I disagree that we are stuck here and our cultural and economic DNA would not allow us to have the Finnish model
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@VarickBoyd @marwilliamson God, I hope you are right. My niece is married to a Finn, and by god, they are just light years ahead of us here.
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@astro_puppy @marwilliamson this idea that everyone "deserves" something will undermine the competitive spirit of this nation.
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@varickboyd @astro_puppy I thought it was agreed that we all "deserve" life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness...
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