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Comment by Alpha3031

1 day ago

And yet, somehow, not every country that has offered free ambulance rides has fallen into financial ruin.

Strawman. Ask any ER about “frequent flyers” who use ambulances as taxis

  • It's not a strawman. Ruining entire countries is literally what the parent comment said would happen if we do something as outrageous as making ambulances free.

    > But those same people, through one false rationalization or another, are more than happy to ruin the entire country.

    You may not have agued it yourself but your two sentence comment is rather lacking in alternate arguments, so I can only interpret you as supporting said parent comment and now engaging in a motte-and-bailey now that you realise you don't actually like what they said.

    • What do you consider financial ruin? Last time I checked most of those countries are desperately trying to contain their healthcare spending.

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