Mike Boswell
Contributor
you are free not to pay, just live with the consequences of those actions....
it's a silly argument in my view, either we allow people the freedom to engage in risky behavior like driving a car, scuba, skydiving etc. and respect that people should be free to pursue their passions or not. If not then pass endless regulations to keep us all safe. I'll vote on that with my feet on that when possible and if not with my life. I believe in freedom and liberty as a essential right, not one granted to me by anybody or any government. There was a time when western governments were willing to fight for our freedoms.
Trouble is, those "individual liberty" people who want to engage in risky behavior all come running to the government teat when they get hurt. Then they lawyer up and go boo-hooing after everybody else.