Comments on: Q & A With Alice Lara

By: Sonoran Alliance » Phoenix New Times Takes Dig at Alice Lara, Sonoran Alliance

Thu, 20 Nov 2008 00:54:40 +0000

[...] Phoenix New Times has taken notice of one of our recent posts related to an interview one of our writers conducted with Alice [...]

By: Wooden Teeth

Wooden Teeth — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 17:53:06 +0000

The real question is how would a “fiscal libertarian” define needy. If I had a cut finger I’d be happy to get it stitched up by someone who hadn’t gone to medical school. It would save me a ton of money, whether I’m needy or not.

A true libertarian would have hospitals be like restaurants. Even the needy can afford the cheap ones, and those with more money get more expensive food.

The problem here is that people insist that health care itself be based on equality. We don’t insist on that for anything else, like housing or food. Why is that? Does it really upset the libertarian that a poor person would get a few stitches from the neighborhood seamstress for $10 when the rich guy hires a plastic surgeon? Is is just unnatural that the poor get the worst healthcare? They already have the worst of everything else, no?

If the poor did have money available, is healthcare the first thing they would spend it on? And if not, why are we forced to do it for them?

By: Friend of Alice

Friend of Alice — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 17:35:07 +0000

She isn’t saying so either way, she’s just saying it’s not very relevant whether you’re for or against government providing for the needy, since it’s not going away. Why do you sound so shocked anyways? Plenty of us fiscal libertarians believe the private sector would do a better job taking care of the needy, not government.

By: todd

todd — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 16:30:02 +0000

I am curious how others understand this quote:
“Regardless of your views on the issue, the support is not there politically to stop providing government healthcare to the needy, so we may as well make sure we have fiscally responsible people in charge of that healthcare.”

Is she saying she believes government should not provide healthcare to the needy?