11-23-2011, 09:43 PM
(11-23-2011, 02:33 PM)kandrathe Wrote: You mean taking away from the majority the "free" hand out from the government. The money came from somewhere. If you are subsidizing 12 months of salary for 1.5% of the population giving birth that year, that money came from taxing 100% of the people during that same 12 months.
I, and I imagine most other Canadians living within the same system, look at it from the point of view that we contribute to the pot, and when the need arises we get to take our fair share from that pot. When I need to visit the doctor, I don't think that everyone else is paying for my "free" doctor visit. I'm just getting the healthcare that I've been paying for through my taxes over the years.