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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Approximately 250 Transgenders are in the Military of hundreds of thousands in a country of 340 million.  Why is this even a story... meh![/quote]

I suspect a lot of people were enlisting in the hopes of having DOD pay for the transition.  There have always been people who enlisted for medical care.  Years ago, I knew someone who enlisted because his wife had cancer.  Very sad.  She was young. He did stay in after she passed and was an asset to the service.  I also have known of others who did this.  The data would be difficult to find, but I personally know of several who stayed in because of medical issues in their families.[/quote]

Oh I have an awesome idea!  Let's ensure everyone has access to health care, and then people won't need to join the military in order to get medical care![/quote]

I have another awesome idea, the Constitution and the Bill of Rights never said that Americans should have access to health care.[/quote]

Actually it does... welfare encompasses healthcare, as does liberty.[/quote]

LOL, sure it does.  Please enlighten me on which Amendment of the 10 where it states this specific requirement?[/quote]

How about 'life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness'...you think 'life' doesn't cover healthcare? Or only so much as it forces women to take pregnancies to term?[/quote]

Life in so far as protection from artificial harm. Meaning the government will protect you from artificial threats of life, but not natural ones. Also, the phrase you quoted is not in our constitution, it's part of the declaration of independence, which is not a document of law. [/quote]

Read the General Welfare clause of the Constitution. It's pretty explicit about Congress's power to text to promote the general welfare. Conservatives love to ignore that bit because it doesn't conform to their preordained dogma.[/quote]

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