Jarhead
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The fed gov plays a role. If we just let states do whatever they want, then that's exactly what they'll do. That's why we need federal programs and depts - like the EPA and a federal health care law, for example.
And are you seriously suggesting that people in the US don't die from starvation or lack of health care? You can pretend that everything is all rosy, but that simply isn't the case.
Not according the U.S Constitution.....but why would our supposed Constitutional Scholar President bother with what it actually says ?
We don't need a federal EPA and we don't need what is termed "Obamacare".
And if you can produce something of substance on people starving to death or dying because of lack of health care (the study was done 10 years ago...that means about 500,000 have passed since then.....not that I have heard about them in mass....but lets forget the 1,800,000 people who will have died from smoking related disease......BTW: 45,000 is how many out of 300,000,000 ? Answer 0.015%....how can you even show statistical significance at those low numbers against an entire population that has so many diverse characteristics and environments (I dunno....maybe no healthcare means no Kevlar vests in Chicago).
Looking for that data.
So because it's not explicitly in the Constitution, then it isn't valid? Whatever.
You can keep looking for that data. You want to deny it, then prove it. I'm not doing your research for you. You're the one who brought it up in the first place. People in the US do die from lack of health care and from starvation. Maybe 0.015% means nothing to you, but I'm guessing the real people behind those numbers don't think it's so insignificant. How conscientious of you to dismiss them, though.
people do not have to die of starvation in the US...those that do simply refuse to eat...but there are soup kitchens, missions, chuches and other venues that offer free meals to anyone who want.
As for healthcare....there are people that gambled and lost the gamble and as sad as that is, it was a gamble. They opted to spend little, if anything on an insurance plan assuming they would never get sick. And sadly for them, they lost the gamble.
You may want to take that rightous position of "no one needs to die"......and I admire that....but I also look at reality....people make stupid choices.