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Do you have health insurance? Well guess what, then you are paying for it already, only more than with universal health care.

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No, I don’t believe in gambling.

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Strange, as you’ve clearly laid out the odds, risks, etc. and you’re betting your life on your supposed “beliefs”.

Sure sounds like gambling to me…

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No that’s just risk assessment.

Gambling is things like blackjack, slots, poker or any kind of insurance.

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The entirety of our economic structure is gambling.

All of it.

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No, I set a value on my labor and I take that value, no more or less.

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