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Originally Posted by Jim B.
twisting around the words of others.
As a collective nation, it is pretty much agreed that we need things like basic fire, police, road, schools, (and cultural things like museums and libraries to a lesser extent)
I dislike seeing billions and trillions wasted on corporate profiteering in useless wars, and corporate profiteering based on influence peddling by lobbyists, far worse than seeing people getting social security benefits, which most have paid into for years, with their paycheck deductions, and for their old age.
What about some poor schmuck that was on a ladder, painting a house, and fell off and fell two stories down and landed on some paint cans, and became a paraplegic? Fine for you to just throw him into some ditch and die, because you say he should of watched what he was doing?
You seem fine with laissez faire captialism. And social darwinism.
Let 6 yeatr old children work for 6 cents a day to work in coal mines with no safety regulations?
If it is so bad, how come you don't move away into the country, build your own roads and maintain them, staff and create your own police and fire department, "home school" your babies, take care of your medical issues, and figure out some way to reside in the USA without paying taxes of any kind.
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How so? What did YOU mean when you said that they were against the taxes but gladly take welfare money?
Fair enough. I have never disputed that.
I never said that I disagreed with their getting money after paying into it. I just disagree that the program is good in the long run. For one, it encourages more and more social programs. I believe that a person should be responsible for THEIR OWN welfare. What these social programs do is rot the core of the person. Now, there is someone to take care of him and thus reduce his incentive to take care of himself. When you remove all or part of the sting of failure, you also remove the incentive to strive for greatness.
I would say that he either should have prepared himself better or make way for someone fitter to survive.
Yes, I suppose you could say that I am a social darwinist. If you keep adding weak links onto the chain, well, the chain is going to be as strong as the weakest link.
And who is twisting words now?