The ultimate PSA

[BrianG]

Originally Posted by Finnster

Smokers do pay more for health ins, as they have more med probs and drive up costs for everyone else.

So my ? to those that resent the mandates, would you then agree to be responsible for any additional medical costs for an easily preventible injuries due to not wearing a seatbelt?

Do you agree that increased responsibility comes with the increased freedom?

That sounds reasonable. Put the onus of responsibility on the individual instead of the gov't deciding what is good for us. However, even if ins companies do that, do you really believe that rates will go down for the non-risk people? But I'll go for that plan, if for no reason other than to prove that they won't.

But that opens a whole other can of worms. If there's an accident and someone dies who wasn't wearing a belt, then the assumption will be made that it unequivically would not have been fatal if they were wearing the belt. It's whatever is convenient ins companies' coffers.

Kinda like if a smoker is diagnosed with lung cancer, the doctors automatically assume it was because of smoking. But who is to say that person wouldn't have gotten it even if they didn't smoke? There are loads of people who smoke like chimneys and never have problems; while others never take a drag and get cancer. I'm not saying it's not a contributing factor, or doesn't increase the risk, but you get my point.

Hell, why stop there? Why doesn't the gov't ban fast food? It leads to harmful obesity. Why not ban certain food additives/ingredients? Because you know that some California lab has determined it causes cancer in ring-tailed Lemurs. And while we're on a roll, let's ban forks, knives, guns, all land and air travel, electricity, water, and any device using radio waves. Because we know those things can be dangerous.

I have a better idea; let's just stop thinking for ourselves at all, and let Uncle Sam do it for us. Just go about life with a blank smile, pay the required 100% tax rate, and not worry about a thing.

Ok, maybe all that was a "bit" extreme, but you get my drift. But I'm tired and cranky.