Is Socialism Good or Evil?
Excellent comment on my facebook: John Scott · I just had an interesting conversation with a young homeless man who a buddy and I befriended, gave him a place to sleep last night, fed him last night, and then my buddy went and got fresh doughnuts and coffee so we'd all have breakfast this morning. After breakfast, the conversation turned to basically him making a statement that everyone is entitled to health care, and he claimed it was a basic human right. I asked him why he thought it was a right, and if it was a right who would pay for it. He said he has the right to live and health care is part of that right, and that the government should pay for it. I then asked him where the government gets the money to pay for this perceived right, assuming that it is a right. He said from the enormous taxes we have to pay. I then said, "wait a minute, by your own admission you have decided to be homeless with no job for the last four years. So you are reall...