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Originally Posted by Guest
"Theft"? We basically have what Bernie Sanders calls Democratic Socialism. The Govt needs revenue to provide for society as a whole. The first is military, first because it's 50% of every dollar (way too much). Govt needs to provide for people what they can't do for themselves. Social programs, like Police & Fire service, roads, bridges, infrastructure, garbage collection and sewer systems.
We need more Socialism. The perfect example is healthcare. We are the only developed country that doesn't provide it for all (never mind that the Constitution states "Provide for the General Welfare"). People "think" they like our system, even though we pay at least twice what anyone else pays. They "think" they like it because they don't Need it. But wait till you have an accident, contract a dreaded disease or something.
Let me warn you. If you have kids, or grandkids, and they hit on bad times, prepare to dig deep. Our system is breaking down and the younger folks live day-to-day now (no pension, minimal benefits, difficult to save). Should someone get cancer, lose their job, and their health coverage along with it, you'll be hitting that retirement savings to help out. Cancer drugs can be $100,000/yr. Nowhere else is this a problem. My seasonal Canadian neighbors make certain they are in Canada for 183 days a year. Must be nice.
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Dear Guest:
All you speak of can be rationally handled. However that's not what politicians do. what politicians do are raise and/or create more taxes and print money because they know if they throw dollars at a problem it is returned in votes. It doesn't matter that those dollars are going down a rabbit hole.
Heck politician are so gifted they can invent a reason to create a rabbit hole because it is for the common good.
Americans have become so accustom to politician reaching into their pockets they believe its normal
Yes there are people who need a hand up but not a continual hand out its almost criminal to allow a well able bodied person to become a ward of the state.
I think back to some of the people I worked with that had serious disabilities but determined to make their own way. A blind woman who worked in word processing with the aid of voice activation , the guy in a wheel chair that worked in our legal office, the woman who spine was so curved she literally was looking downward at the ground...I could go on.
Take any business model and where there is money to be had someone is going to find a way to abuse it be it welfare, insurance, the lottery, etc some people simply believe they are entitled. some people simply believe that work is for suckers. Politicians don't differentiate because well a votes a vote.
I am also against corporate welfare such as the EX IM program, tax credits for solar, wind etc because the government is picking winners and losers based on vote getting or other such quid pro quo arrangements.
Corruption is a cancer and its prevalent in our nation today because most of our politicians are either immoral or spineless
I have long ago stopped buying what they are trying to sell us
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