2010-10-08, 05:42 AM
@Erebus - how so?
If they had stated, "You did not pay the tax, pay $1000 now and we'll hose down your house" what would the headlines have been?
"HOUSE CAUGHT ON FIRE, FIREMEN EXTORT $1000 TO FIX". The republicans would have had a field day with that one. Regardless of what the firemen did, they were going to get flak for it.
Should a person who forgets to pay something also get treatment? If a person did not pay for health insurance should he expect to get health insurance? I understand the horror that this man went through as he's likely now homeless and penniless all because of a $75 mistake, but he cannot in turn blame the system for being bad on his own incompetence. The second he takes blame for what happened is the second he matures.
If they had stated, "You did not pay the tax, pay $1000 now and we'll hose down your house" what would the headlines have been?
"HOUSE CAUGHT ON FIRE, FIREMEN EXTORT $1000 TO FIX". The republicans would have had a field day with that one. Regardless of what the firemen did, they were going to get flak for it.
Should a person who forgets to pay something also get treatment? If a person did not pay for health insurance should he expect to get health insurance? I understand the horror that this man went through as he's likely now homeless and penniless all because of a $75 mistake, but he cannot in turn blame the system for being bad on his own incompetence. The second he takes blame for what happened is the second he matures.