According the the government I am 80% disabled and am eligible for assistance. Which is sort of meaningless to me because, while I had to change careers, I am perfectly able to provide for myself and refuse to take the handout.

I did say, 'as they are able'. I can of course acknowledge that the spectrum of disability contains a percentage which are entirely dependent on others. But the vast majority have some ability to provide for themselves to some degree.

The fact that you do not have family is a tragedy of life or perhaps a failing of a society that has spent the last 100 years destroying the family in order to replace it with daddy government. The costs associated with caring for the disabled only strengthens my case. Why would we choose the least efficient capital allocator to solve this issue?

We should be paying the government to protect the life, liberty and property of its citizens. Through the minimal application of force for both external threats and to maintain order internally.

I wont argue that the system in the US is Not Fucked. Indeed that is my position. I have not had health insurance since 2018. Instead I bought more bitcoin. Now I just fly to Colombia and receive inexpensive world class treatment.