More On Will Ferrel’s Political Advocacy
Over at Big Hollywood, Micheal Wilson makes a great point:
The actors and comedians in the PSA could literally buy health insurance for tens, if not hundreds of thousands of uninsured Americans. And they don’t even have to wait for the government to take their money at gunpoint. They can just do it. And they should. It’s clearly being positioned as a moral issue, so is it immoral for these folks to hoard money while children are suffering?
Well, the answer is “no.” It’s their money. And I think Will Ferrell should be able to keep as much of his dough as possible, even if he uses it to buy a mini-zoo in his back yard for exotic animals like a white tiger or Pygmy horses. If he chooses to buy me and a hundred thousand or so of my fellow uninsured Americans some insurance, it would go a long way toward establishing credibility. It would also prove that we don’t need government to force Americans to help each other.
He goes on to argue:
The President keeps talking about “service” when he really means “government forcing you to do things.” I have debated health care with every one of my liberal friends who is willing to engage. And I always ask them the same question when they support the government-run plan. It goes like this: “I don’t have health insurance. Will you buy it for me for just one year?” I ask the question seriously. I mean it. I’d happily accept the gift from someone who wants to help. But they always backpedal. They always refuse.
While most on the left don’t realize this, by refusing to be charitable, and relying state coercion, liberals undermine the moral status of their political position. Its moral to help someone in need with your own resources, its immoral to forcibly take those resources from the same person to help someone else in need. It’s called stealing, and most liberals are unaware of this implication in their argument.
September 29th, 2009 at 8:47 pm
Are you suggesting that Will Ferrell does not give money to charity? Why not look at his record objectively before making such posts?
September 30th, 2009 at 11:42 am
“I don’t have health insurance. Will you buy it for me for just one year?”
ahahahahahahahaha
September 30th, 2009 at 3:17 pm
This is such a weak argument. If a new housing development needs a road built for access am I a hypocrite for advocating for a government-funded road building if I don’t offer to spend my own money on that road?
No one is arguing that THEIR money shouldn’t be spend on healthcare, they are willing to have their money spent provided it is proportionate to every other taxpayer’s burden.