Congressman Paul: Food is a good, not a right.

[Spursmania]

You know how to count?

http://spurstalk.com/forums/showpost...&postcount=193

http://spurstalk.com/forums/showpost...22&postcount=2

Still, I don't count multiple, do you?
So, I forgot about that article. Big deal. 2 posts of much interest to those of us who want to see this comparison on Canadian healthcare versus U.S. healthcare on Thursday. What's the problem with that?

Wow- 2 posts on 2 threads-one being a satirical thread. Give me a break

[ElNono]

Still, I don't count multiple, do you?
So, I forgot about that article. Big deal. 2 posts of much interest to those of us who want to see this comparison on Canadian healthcare versus U.S. healthcare on Thursday. What's the problem with that?

Wow- 2 posts on 2 threads-one being a satirical thread. Give me a break

You'll get a break wether I like it or not. Like you said, I'm not a mod.

[doobs]

Nope. Not even 10 quadrillion or any sum bigger than that.
I really wouldn't. You can call me a fool or whatever.

I don't think you're a fool, I just don't think you're being honest with yourself. Your price, I'm sure, is prohibitively high. That's what makes you a decent person and not a .

But there is a price.

[Extra Stout]

Because, hey, I can sell you food. It must not be a right...

It is a travesty that in a country as advanced as ours, that we could have a for-profit food industry.

[ElNono]

I don't think you're a fool, I just don't think you're being honest with yourself. Your price, I'm sure, is prohibitively high. That's what makes you a decent person and not a .

But there is a price.

I am. I would rather die the poorest man ever than to sell that out.
Plus don't forget that past a certain amount, offering more really makes no difference: That much money simply doesn't exist.

[Galileo]

guns = a right = you have the right to buy them

health care = a right = you have the right to buy it

[Supergirl]

Strangely enough, obesity is a serious problem affecting the underprivileged class.

That would have a lot to do with the cheapest foods (McDonald's 99 cent menu anyone?) being the foods that are the worst for you. It's expensive to eat organic, healthy, complementary proteins.

[LnGrrrR]

Your examples are, um, puzzling.

The man who stood in front of the tank at Tiananmen? What do you think he would have done if the CCP offered him a million dollars that morning to stay home? Five million dollars? Ten million dollars? A billion dollars?

The soldiers who stormed the beaches in Normandy? All of them had a price. They were risking life and limb for their country . . . but there was some dollar amount that would have convinced them to not fight. I don't mean that to sound disrespectful. I'm sure most of them had a price that was astronomically high.

The Jews during the Inquisition? Again, they all had a price. It's just that the Inquisitors weren't giving them a good offer. It was: (1) convert and live as second-class citizens in Spain; or (2) die for their beliefs. Had the Inquisitors sweetened the deals with land and money and such . . . you get what I'm saying. Even the most principled and religious Jews had a price---it's just that the Inquisitors weren't offering them that price.

Give me an example of something you're not willing to do for a price, or something that you're not willing to part with for a price. At some point, you will agree to accept an offer.

Eh, this sort of theoretical game is near useless. You could always keep upping the ante in a pointless manner.

"Oh yeah? So people have died for their country? I bet they wouldn't have for A GAZILLION DOLLARS!"

If you say everyone has a price in terms of dollar amounts, I heartily disagree, and really, there's no way to prove either of us right or wrong.