Coward Jeromy Brown Can't Discuss My Blog Posts Where I Will Defend Them

Instead, he blathers on as usual on his own site, complete with the lying chorus of Jesurgislac. Thanks to Dana for drawing my attention to this mendacity. Dana also has an excellent post eviscerating Brown's arguments for universal health care.

In response, let me say first that the Frosts (the parents) chose not to insure their children but then decided it was ok to expect the taxpayers to pick up the tab for their decision. This is a typically liberal position. After all, isn't this the same reason they believe in taxpayer-supported abortions, free condoms, needle exchanges, etc.? We can't expect people to be responsible for themselves or their own decisions! That, according to the sycophants at Iowa Liberal is just mean-spirited.

It's not like I'm not a critic of the scam known as health insurance. The fact is that it's a giant ponzi scheme designed to take in the most money possible without paying out any more than necessary. It's also heavily tilted to low-cost fixes like prenatal care and against new or innovative treatments. And let's not even get into the prescription drug racket where the best drugs for one's treatment are often uncovered or horribly overpriced.

No, what Brown and the dodo birds blathering at Iowa Liberal fail to grasp (aside from the ability to accurately quote people) is that, while the Frosts didn't choose to have a car accident which injured their children, they chose not to get health insurance before then in preparation for the possibility.

And the Frosts made a variety of life decisions based on dependence on taxpayer funded health care. They chose professions which didn't have (or require) health care. They work part-time. They own considerable property, which they could use to help pay their own expenses, but keep their income relatively low.

The problem with the Frosts as poster children for SCHIP is that once you start examining their lives, you realize that they aren't the best example for the program. They are neither poor nor uneducated nor unemployable. The parents simply made life choices that precluded taking care of their offspring. So, why should everyone else pay for them?