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Heres the Washington Posts Eugene Robinsonwith an odd attack on Republicanhealth care plans:

The health-care bill that Republicans are trying to pass in the Senate, like the one approved by the GOP majority in the House, isnt really about health care at all. Its the first step in a massive redistribution of wealth from struggling wage-earners to the rich a theft of historic proportions.

Not to be too pedantic about this, but the government isnt redistributing wealth when it lets a citizen keep more of his money, and it isnt stealing from the poor when it cuts benefits they didnt actually own. Welfare programs like Medicaid represent a forcible transfer wealth. Welfare is the redistribution.And iftheres any actual argument for theft, its the theft of money from the private citizen by the government.

But that would be hyperbole. In civilized societies, people understand that a certain degree of taxation isnecessary for a nation to function.Safety nets are compassionate and prudent.But it is dangerous and wrong to get confused about who owns what. I own the money I earn. Americas less fortunate citizens dont ownMedicaid.Itsa privilege, not a right a privilege that is subject to the same budgetary and fiscal concerns inherent in any other government program, including national defense.

Entitlement culture plagues this nation, and it plagues Americas poorest communities. So lets speak accurately about ownershipand redistribution. Medicaid is a program, not property, and its not theft to attempt to moderate its enormous financial cost.

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Republican Health Care Plans Don't 'Steal' From the Poor - National Review