measles outbreak

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Originally Posted by GenuineRisk

Of course we should pay for it. We're a community, and that means we take care of each other. Jesus, what happened to a sense of civic duty in this country? Typical right wing attitude: I got mine, f*ck the rest of you all.

That's why there are charities. It's not my civic duty to pay for your child if I choose not to. If you and your husband couldn't afford a vaccine for the runt you shouldn't have had him/her.

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Originally Posted by GenuineRisk

I contributed the amount of income I had left after meeting the nut, as they say in household budgeting, and I posted the link to the fundraiser both on my FB and on the political blog I frequent, with an ode to her many lovely qualities. What did you do?

That said, I would have preferred to live in a society that has an actual safety net, so neither she nor anyone else would have had to deal with the stress of finding the money to get by after an accident in the first place.

I should not have pursued this train of thought.

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Originally Posted by GenuineRisk

So how much did you contribute? Since you brought it up, you should be willing to go first.

I like Genuine Risk

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Wasn't a demand. It was a stupid point!