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Well done!
Excellent. Congress doing its job to ensure that these types of programs are sustainable through legislation. Excellent.
why is it the taxpayers responsibility to provide needles to drug addicts? If we are going to do this because of public safety issues then why not pay for vehicle maintanence such as brakes? That could affect public safety. Why not have govt cabs that take people home from bars?
You are gross.
No, he makes a valid point, and offers a reasonable alternative.
Believe it or not, but many times RWM makes valid points. We may not agree with him entirely, but he makes an honest effort to explain his positions and offer ideas. Our country is well served by that.
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RWM,
Good idea, I would certainly use it often!
These addicts all learned in school about smack and how dangerous it is. They still chose to start doing it. I don't want to pay for their stoopidity (intentional).
Why don't we subsidize cigarettes? Instead, they just raise the taxes on smokers about 500% over the past 10 years. Same principle
because needles are cheap and just because we can't prevent all unnecessary suffering doesn't mean we should do nothing.
And if the suffering is self-inflicted? We should start protecting people from themselves?
At what point do we stop?
I'd support all of those measures. Why not?
Why is it that you right wingers seem to have such disdain for the government helping people, or doing anything that is actually beneficial to anyone?
And where will the money to pay for this come from?
Seriously, I can think of many different ways my money can be spent NOT subsidising a junkie. These people all had health class, and all knew that smack will kill you. Their own decision, their own responsibility.
I chose to smoke cigarettes, does that mean that people will start subsidising my lighters? Or how about my future breathing treatments? Same principle
good...then you can subsidise their AIDS medications...which is what you will be doing. You can buy 9000 needles for what it would cost for ONE persons AIDS meds for one month. You do the math. Even preventing 1 AIDS transmission is beyond cost effective. Drug addiction is a disease and these people need treatment...not Holier than Thou attitudes
You can't talk reason to these people. They don't want to hear it. The truth is they don't understand that a dollar now for a couple of new needles will save hundreds later for a pill.
Ideally, by the time you have lung cancer, this country will have join the civilized world and we will have universal healthcare, so yes our taxes will be helping you out. Your welcome!
Impressive. I always wonder if protests and letters, emails and call to Congress actually worked.
It appears that maybe it does and we should continue to stay involved.
Then again... I don't imagine there is a big Lobby against this particular issue so the public's actual will and comman sense may have an impact.
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