Liberals, what should NOT be mandated and regulated for our own good?

Liberals are dumb. Progressives are even dumber.

As long as American has more conservatives than liberals, we might just stand a chance.

1. I think SS should be voluntary, but I am against privatization of it.

2. I think private health insurance is a joke, and Im completely against forcing people in to it.

3. I dont know what you mean by "forced into welfare". Do you mean, forced to pay for welfare? Welfare is for the common good of the people.

4. Minimum Wage and OSHA are for your own good, and you arent forced in to unions, but youve been brainwashed to believe collective bargaining isnt in your best interest (assuming you are a rank and file worker of nearly any profession)

Medicare should be an income based system. People who have the income to afford to pay for private health insurance (usually people like retired CEO's etc.) should not be automatically placed on Medicare at 65. That in and of itself would save a ton of money.

We reap what we sow, and we've been allowing the erosion of our liberties and freedoms over the past 40 years plus. Our kids are being taught the liberal agenda in school, and that teaching has gone into overdrive over the past few years.

If Obamacare gets through SCOTUS we are going to see exactly those things you mentioned to an extent. The US Comptroller, when asked in one of the court cases that is headed to SCOTUS for review, was asked directly what the Government would not be able to do if Obamacare's purchasing mandate is allowed to stand and he stated that if it stands, the US government would be able to require us to purchase specific cars, eat specific foods, etc. There would be NO limits anymore to what the US government could require from us.

Fact is, if we don't succeed in getting Obama out of office in 2012, this country is toast, if it's not already.

We should not regulate the government putting guns in your face for our own good.

the point where actual lives are lost as a VERY DIRECT result...

like health care...

the other issue is NEED vs. DAMAGE vs. BENEFIT... if NO ONE voluntarily gave blood, the gov. would probably mandate it... but people do so the need isn't critical and people AREN'T directly dying from a lack of blood...

poverty among the elderly was a HUGE drain on society in the past, much more than SS is now...

this idea is painfully obvious and I'm not surprised you're having a lot of problems...

the simple fact that you can't tell "brushing your teeth" from "having actual health care" pretty much sums up both sides of this argument...

Guns? You must be a Libertarian styled after Ayn Rand.

Although not as well written, this is just as pompous as the (far too long) diatribes she smeared all over the pages of Atlas Shrugged.

Get a sense of perspective and try again.

Ya know - I have never had a gun pointed in my face by government.

As you extreme right wingnuts used to say to me back when I opposed the Iraq war in the Dubya days: if you dont like it, move to another country.

End of issue. Thanks for playing.

Entertaining rant.

Smoke weed.

Seek help. Anything over the individual is not okay.

Where's this force at gunpoint you are referring to?