Healthcare

Very Serious Question

Why are people like Joe Scarborough in favor of government spending (not to mention torture) to "keep us safe" from terrorists, but they're vocally opposed to government spending to keep us safe from diseases and sickness?

(On average, as many Americans will die from cancer in the next two days as were killed on 9/11. Around 40,000 deaths per month and more than half-a-million per year.)