Originally Posted by kamil

I like Bush and I like some of his ideas. While most people are worrying about social security and free government handouts Bush is thinking in the long run. Heck, who ever controls the most oil will be the most powerful nation in the world. Look what happened to poor Poland in 1939....troops just marched in unexpectadly for no reason and just took the country. What makes you think that in the next few years someone won't do that to the good old USA? War planes, tanks, subs, ships all need one vital resource to function-OIL. If that were to happen I wonder if all the people would still worry about Social Security and getting a few bucks off their income tax. I could careless if I get SS as I am already investing money into retirement and I am only 23, others can do the same.

Why should the upper class or the upper middle class work very hard to provide free handouts to the poor. The poor people have ten fingers and ten toes which makes them capable of working. Bush has been cutting back on the FREE HANDOUT programs from what I have read.

One thing that I have noticed about going to school is that all my literature, anthropology, english, and seminar professors are all liberals. (They seemed like they were dreamers)....On the other hand, the ex corporate business professors (accounting, finance, economics) are die hard republicans.

Can someone actually explain the long run benefits of sending out welfare checks etc? I work in a bank in a city where majority of the customers receive some type of government aid. While the lady is cashing a check at my window she has seven little kids standing behind her and one in the oven. The more kids she has the more money she will more likely receive. Those seven kids will probably do the same thing and our government will go bankrupt in the future. If they knew ahead of time that there would be no aid maybe they would get a job or have less kids? That poor parent is not teaching the kids the importance of work which means that there might be 7 more criminals/drug addicts etc. They have VERY SLIM chances of making anything of themselves. Only 5% of people actually move up in class (middle class to upper class for example) which means that 95% will stay somewhere along the lines of where they are now. That VERY POOR lady just produced SEVEN more VERY POOR people living off the government.

Like someone said above: "It's survival of the fittest"

Before anybody says anything let me say it myself....I know I know I am arrogant, ignorant, spoiled, so called racist etc.