[huffmsa]

1. I'd prefer to spend my money as I see fit through charity. Bureaucrats didn't distribute mosquito nets across Africa, Bill and Melinda Gates did.

2. If the government is going to take my money, they should be spending it on treatment of the underlying issues. Not putting a bandaid on the needle diseases.

[blkhawk]

Well sometimes a Band-aid is the best solution to a problem absent a workable alternative.