GOVERNMENT. Since everyone is part of this nation, everyone gets (or should get) an equal say in everything. So when it comes to the health of our people, shouldn't we contribute just as much through our taxes helping actual sick people get better rather then helping the government become more powerful? It's the governments job to look out for its nations people and if they are using tax money on "more important matters" such as new government buildings, higher pay-checks, and more vacation day; rather than spending the money on something useful like MINIMAL insurance for dying people on the street that can't afford health care or are stuck in a cycle of poverty. I don't even think its a matter of paying that much more taxes. It's more of a matter on how wisely our government chooses to spend the money. If this was honestly a democratic-republic nation and we had equal distribution of democracy and a republic in our government, then it should not be up to the government on how it spends OUR tax money. The literal definition of republic is: a form of government in which the government is officially apportioned to the control of the people and thus a "public matter", and the definition of democracy is: form of government in which all the citizens of a nation together determine public policy, which are the laws and the actions of their state, requiring that all citizens have an equal opportunity to express their opinion. So putting these 2 factors together I think that the government should really listen to the people and use the opinion that this country was founded on to make a decision that could lead to the life or death of many Americans, no matter how rich or poor they are. Every citizen deserves an "equal opportunity to express their opinion" on how productively our government should operate.

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