Tea Bagger - "Person Who Cannot Afford Health Care Will Just Have To Die"

[OmahaBlueDog]

5. ..but that's not how it works

Whenever mandatory health care or helmet laws come up, I always hear about choice and freedom. Here's reality:

You chose not to wear a brain bucket, and now you've spilled your Harley on I-95 at 70 mph. Lucky for you, you somehow didn't die, but you have massive head injuries. Guess we should just let ya die, huh? Nope -- not how we roll. We're going to throw you on a helicopter and take you to Johns Hopkins. By the way, that $10K personal liability policy you bought was spent when they unloaded you from the chopper. Now, you're in for months in the hospital, and then (if you are lucky enough to come out of the coma), months more of rehab. Hell, you might spend the rest of whatever in skilled nursing. If you don't have medical insurance, who picks up the tab? Well, your friends will hold a few pancake feeds, but basically, it's us -- the taxpayers. We'll send a bill for $1M. You'll send $5 a week payments.

So that's why we make your dumb ass wear a helmet, and that's now why we're making your dumb ass buy health insurance.

By the way, nice bike!