Single-Payer Universal Health Care Explained - TYT

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7. I can appreciate that, but is it not a big overreach?

I can appreciate the idea of taxing in order to offset bad behaviors/unnecessary costs, however it largely doesn't work(in making behaviors change) and it's also a regressive tax.

Changing our food culture and the behavior of bad habits needs to be carried out in the form of public health and awareness campaigns. If we had an FDA that actually accepted facts... much of the crap on the shelves would be gone or re-formulated, in turn, fixing the root of the issue as opposed to punishing the people of whom have been taught (advertised to) what to eat by corporations or limited in their choices.

If you want to smoke a pack a day, knock yourself out.
Want to eat a steak 4 times a week, knock yourself out.
If you want to smoke marijuana everyday, knock yourself out.
Want to commit suicide or have assisted suicide, your choice.
Want to drop Ecstasy, go ahead.
Want an abortion, your body.

I would like gov't less involved in what I choose to do with MY body.

Knowledge and an informed populous is a large part of minimizing these issues, while other dynamics are at play as well... like corporate advertising and lobbying.. among others.