^^I'm in the same boat! Served my country but still pay out the ass for medical care. What's even worse? My mother is a nurse for a well known hospital and their healthcare coverage is worse than mine!
On the flip side, I feel I earned the right to choose..... I'm not against helping those who need it, just the ones who don't want to do anything and feel they "deserve" to be taken care of because their American or something......
I think Boost summed it up, it's about leadership. Everyone wants to be politiclly correct and speak on the behalf of the "people". The sad facts are that most Americans want to be taken care of. That means they make up the majority and when it comes to public office, the majority wins. Leadership has become parenting, and parents take care of their children but it isn't free. So our taxes go up, assylum is given to illegal immigrants, our healthcare goes up because people don't take care of themselves and those of us who work our asses off suffer.........
Give me a job, let me choose my healthcare option, let me raise my children and keep your hand outs. Don't come on to my land and tell me when, where and how I can do what I want to do. You want to interfere in our lives then keep to those who welcome it!
Last thing here.....
Makes me happy to see adults (yes, even those of you under 18) discuss a topic like this without getting offended or being mean about your position. To me, this is Freedom! Watching such a large group of people respect that freedom makes me happy to have served our country! I:I