OReilly To Fluke: "You want me to give you my hard earned money so you can have sex?"

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63. uhm, the point is that Billo is speaking FOR others.

Suppose I am a Georgetown student and I have private insurance that does not cover birth control. Now the Government steps in and forces them to cover birth control. What happens to my premiums? Do I, or do I not, end up paying more because of that extra coverage. Sure, the extra coverage benefits some people, but it does not benefit me. Some people are asking other people to buy them stuff that THEY want.

Risk? What is risk? A risk implies something unexpected. There is a chance, hopefully small, that I could get into an accident and get hurt. There is a risk that lighning or bad wiring could start my house on fire. There is no risk that I will have to cut my grass. That is a certainty. Homeowners insurance does not pay for grass cutting. If it did, we would all be paying more.

Which might not be so bad, since we all have to cut our grass. However, there is also a certainty that dandylions will grow in my law. Some people spray poisons on their dandylions to get rid of them. If homeowners insurance covered the cost of spraying dandylions, that would not be "sharing of risk" it would be a subsidy paid to those who spray dandylions by those who don't.