Don't treat the old and unhealthy, say doctors

Ahhh!  In reality, human beings are responsible solely for their own actions.  We are responsible to lead civil lives and not be a burden on our fellow human beings.  Of course, life happens, and bad things happen - things we have NO CONTROL over.  In those things, we are responsible to help each other. Practically, should one be expected to  pay for another's gasoline if the other joy rides on the weekends?  Should one subsidize another's lung transplant if the recipient smoked for years KKNOWING the result would invariably be cancer.  Should one pay for another's retirement pension if the recipient refused to save over his lifetime and squandered money on drinking, holidays, cable television and other non-essentials, all the while the donor being frugal and living in self-denial of the pleasures of life knowing the ability to earn an income would invariably come in old age.  I think not.  Why should my insurance premiums go to rebuilding homes in KNOWN tornado/hurricane areas.  Should the U.S. taxpayer be held accountable to rebuild New Orleans in it's original tenuous location.  At what cost.  How much is one willing to pay in taxes to support the irresponsibility of others - 50% - 60% or more of his hare-earned income.  That is a question politicians continually ask and they continually push the envelope with increased taxes.  Am I willing to help those who truly need help?  Yes, but the recipient must accept the help on my terms.  And I want to give the help them personally, not through some impersonal agency that squanders enormous amounts of my hard earned cash on "administrative" costs.  In days of old, when someone needed help, we invited them into our homes and fed them and became part of our lives and they felt somewhat responsible to get on their feet again as we encouraged them along.  This interpersonal relationship is lacking now and the recipient feels it is a right to get something for nothing.  Hmmm.