BullDawg
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Here's another prime example of what I mean by not focusing on the problem. By using the same argument standards for mandating health insurance to save 45,000, I could just as easily make the argument the government should mandate marriage in order to save lives.
From the CDC report...
Just look at how many lives we could save by forcing single people to get married!
In reality, the only thing that would shift would be the percentages.
From the CDC report...
The never-married group had an age-adjusted death rate 68.3 percent higher than those who were ever married and 2.3 times the rate for the currently married. The never-married group had an age-adjusted death rate 68.3 percent higher than those who were ever married and 2.3 times the rate for the currently married.
Just look at how many lives we could save by forcing single people to get married!
In reality, the only thing that would shift would be the percentages.