On Wed, Aug 12, 2009 at 1:22 PM, Lance A. Brown<la...@bearcircle.net> wrote: > > > John Williams wrote: >> There are billions of people around the world with worse healthcare >> than virtually everyone in the United States. If the goal is to >> redistribute wealth to improve healthcare because of the belief that >> everyone should have a chance to live and be healthy, then why not >> focus on redistributing wealth from people in the US to the people in >> the world who have far worse health care than those in the US? > > Straw man.
I understand why that question makes you uncomfortable. It makes me uncomfortable too. It is extremely difficult to answer in a way consistent with the ethics of many people. Still, I am interested to hear how others who advocate more and larger wealth-redistribution policies might answer. _______________________________________________ http://mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l_mccmedia.com
