Bigotry by any other name... or excuse...

@ParaTed2k (22940)
Sheboygan, Wisconsin
December 23, 2009 4:53am CST
There is no difference between demanding a person pay your medical bills just because they are rich and demanding a person shine your shoes just because they are Black.
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@bestboy19 (5478)
• United States
23 Dec 09
If a black man had a shoe shining business and I wanted my shoes shined, I'd think he's want me to do business with him. On the other hand, if you need medical care and demand I pay your doctors bills, that's stealing from me.
@speakeasy (4171)
• United States
23 Dec 09
Those same people have been stealing from others for years. They go to the hospital emergency rooms which cannot turn them away if they are seriously ill and never pay for services. Then, people wonder why things are so overpriced in hospitals. It is because these people stole from the hopsital and now the hospital has had to raise prices and pass that "theft" on to the rest of us.
@Taskr36 (13963)
• United States
23 Dec 09
Well Speakeasy that's exactly the same way retail stores raise prices on customers when theft is a problem. Of course they also spend money trying to prevent theft with improved security. This bill would be like a retail store GIVING away merchandise to avoid theft and charging paying customers extra to compensate for what they're giving away.
@ParaTed2k (22940)
• Sheboygan, Wisconsin
24 Dec 09
bestboy, read the OP again, I didn't say the Black man chose to shine anyone's shoes, I said "laws requiring a Black man to shine your shoes". It's about the government forcing people to do things for others against their will.