re: #20 zombie

When I go to a restaurant by myself, I order something inexpensive or reasonable and pay for it myself. But what really cheeses me off is when i go to a restaurant with a bunch or friends of co-workers and we all agree to split the bill, then everybody else proceeds to order margaritas and lobster pat while I order a small salad and a lemonade. At the end I have to fork over $35 to co-pay for everyone else’s extravagance.

That’s what socialized medicine is like. Although I try to keep myself healthy, I still have to pay for everyone else’s bad habits, bad diet, stupid lifestyles and stupid decisions.

And it’s cheesing me off big-time.

That’s an excellent analogy, thank you.  I’m going to steal it and use it on people … it’s simple enough that even the most jaded liberal SHOULD be able to understand it.  You only forgot the part where they told you what you could have on the menu …

}:)     [I did say “SHOULD”, you know … ]