In Canada we have health-care, which is universal access to free medical care. So why don’t we have food-care, which would be universal access to free food? It seems to me that food is just as important and basic as medical care. Wait a minute- maybe this is a practical decision. Maybe food-care would cost way more than medical care. Or maybe- you give everyone free food and they won’t want to be productive members of society, but give everyone free medical care and they will be more productive members of society. Hmmmm. Just wondering.
Edited to add: Oops- in my excitement, I totally forgot to add a link.
Here’s someone who
is going on a big rant about health-care and how ridiculous it is. He tries to illustrate this by imagining
how ridiculous it would be to have food-care. The thing is, my understanding
is that the idea of health-care is that basic medical needs are paid for by the government, but if you want something above this, you need to pay. This person
seems to be suggesting that this is not the case, because he is going on and on about how awful it would be if the government dictated what we could all eat and that then we would run out of steak and never get to eat good food. So I think his scenario isn’t all that convincing.
posted at 13:48 on Thu, 09 Feb, 2006 |
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