Originally Posted by Guest

I've gotten free stuff all my life. I got a super public education through high school. I got an undergraduate degree supported in large part by the taxpayers of the state of New York. I got an advanced degree for nearly nothing because I did well on a test, again from a state school supported by the taxpayers. I received advanced training at a facility almost entirely built and maintained by taxpayers. I got health care, life insurance, disability insurance at no cost to me for several years. I had fire and police protection, clean water and clean air, safe highways and a military second to none. All nearly free to me.
Now there came a time when it was my turn to pay. And the government gave me a discount for being married, for having kids, for owning a home, for being charitable, for....
Elsewhere there were Americans with not enough food, with poor schools, who did not own homes. And if anything I did or I paid or anything I will continue to do or continue to pay can make their time a bit easier I don't object. My path has been easy in many ways. I was lucky to be born with a lot of advantages others didn't have. I recognize it is not a level playing field right from the opening whistle. That's why I vote against my economic self interest and for a nation where goodness is more important than greed.