The truth behind the "let him die" nonsense is a column that talks about the question that Wolf Blitzer asked Ron Paul at the GOP debate last week. It talks about how people in the audience had no compassion to the question, chanting out a few, "Yeahs". It then goes into talking about conservatives and liberals different view points on the question. Conservatives don not say "let him die" they basically say let him rely on his community to help him. It's his choice not to pay for insurance, but that doesn't make it the governments responsibility. However, liberals say the government should take care of him. But while the liberals are saying that the conservatives are letting a man die but not helping, they're not contributing to the community as much as conservatives do. For instance, in the column it talks about how conservatives donated 30% more than liberals in 2006. So basically, the articles defends the conservatives in their response to a question like that.
I think the article is worth reading because at first you (or at least me) kind of side with the liberals. Don't let the man just die, help him out. But then, as you read you begin to think that the conservatives are right in saying that he should seek help from his close community, rather than a random tax payer, in helping him with his medical expenses.
