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legendary_zell posted...

FLUFFYGERM posted...

legendary_zell posted...

Why are people deflecting to her supposed lack of planning or the facilities bills? The problem is the fact that she has bills for keeping her husband alive in the first place when in a lot of places, she wouldn't and this would not be an issue.

should food be free? and water? shelter? her lack of planning is the biggest reason to blame. people in this position should have enough of a retirement fund that their social security is just a cherry on top. irresonsibility is costly.

The fact that she has to spend the vast majority of her income on healthcare is due to lack of planning? We don't need to get into slippery slope arguments when the vast majority of the world thinks that healthcare should be free. And yes, those things should be provided to all those who are truly needy. Humans should have what they need to be happy and not on the verge of death or exposure.

trying to leverage "the vast majority of the world" is an ad populum fallacy. it doesn't really matter what the vast majority of the world thinks. especially considering that the vast majority of the world still holds on to barbaric beliefs like circumcision and stoning people for being gay.

and saying that humans "should" have what they need to be happy is also not an argument. that's all fine and dandy in a wishy washy fairy tale world, but we live in the real world where resources are finite and where people need to be responsible for their retirement.