[craigimass]

Yep, insurance companies can offer lower rates because seat belts and air bags make it so that less people need to be hooked up to tubes for the rest of their natural life.

And people like lower insurance rates - at least I do.

Once again, both sides of the mouth. I hear the righties say that the answer to our health care costs is for people to take care of themselves. Of course, that is that PARTIAL solution so that is a true statement.....

Well folks, you can't argue that folks should stop eating junk and getting obese on one hand, and then on the other say we should take away air bag and seat belt mandates in the cause of freedom. Who pays for those people in wheelchairs? We do.

Having had my sons life saved by the combo of a seat belt and an airbag, I would think that only those with no experience would argue against them.

Perhaps we should be allowed to not use seat belts on airplanes also. That way when we hit bad turbulence, we could hit the ceiling and break our necks. Who cares? That's our individual right, right?

The right in this country is VERY CLEAR on their talking points about government doing nothing right. It is virtually every sentence they speak.

And we are supposed to believe that is not what they think? Well, I'll give you that one. It probably ISN'T what most think, but they DO think they can bring the huddled masses to vote for them by using it as a talking point. And it might even work...it has before...with disastrous consequences.

Of course, any insinuation that the GOP is a party of small government is a complete myth anyway. Those of libertarian bent can at least claim they walk the walk (to some degree).....but I recently asked a libertarian friend to tell me if he gets Masscare (our socialized state health care)...and he refused to answer. Hmmmmmm.

Will anyone who is not a complete hypocrite please raise your hand and tell us how so?