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April 07, 2008
Who should pay?
From the same issue, a graph of a 2007 survey of 3,501 adults asking, Who should pay for Americans' Health Insurance?
Only 6% responded "mostly individuals." The rest responded that some combination of employers, government, and/or individuals should share costs.
This undoubtedly is how people feel about that most precious and essential to life commodity, food. It seems just as reasonable to demand that others pay for my food, while allowing me my choice in culinary delights. If my tastes happen to be more expensive than the average, so be it. And of course, only those foods deemed healthy by the experts will be paid for. The reality that these experts can't agree on what is healthy food should not deter us. Whoever is in power has the divine right and responsibility to make those choices.
So in the upcoming election, maybe you should be asking what Hillary, Obama and McCain like to eat.
| By Robert Maddox | 04:56 PM