Agreed on all counts of that and I would add public schools, obamacare (the worst IMHO), unemployment, and any other program that forces financially responsible people to prop up those who are irresponsible. Lets not get into the it was just unlucky and they need help.... it's called savings and not getting into debt (living within your means, I know thats extreme to some). I don't just blame liberals for redistribution of wealth but they're currently the ones trying to take it to the next level which is pretty much socialism.
Anyone who thinks that those who recieve Govt assisstance don't know how to exploit it to the limit are kidding themselves. having lived around and near this type of thing my entire life it is evident it is taught in every home, in many churches (yeah I said it) and encouraged by pols who wish to expand their powerbase with a "free" (hardly free to the taxpayer) handout.
... . Also, I dont think personal responsibility is gone. Do you know what you have to do and prove to receive food stamps or cash assistance?? Did you know if you file to look or for jobs or turn one down, the option is there to remove said asssitance as well ....
I used to get 5-6 calls per week asking if I was hiring. I'd say no, they'd ask to fill out an application. I'd ask why, they'd hem and haw and finally tell me it was for unemployment. Once, I was needing to hire someone, is tell the callers yes, I'm hiring.95% would say ok, thanks and hang up. Don't tell me how hard they "work" for that check.
You are not forced to do anything. Please read Hobbes, Locke, Rousseau and the like. If you are not happy with the social contract in this country, you are free to leave and thus end your social contract. In a perfect world I suppose personal responsibility would be the beggining and the end. However there are also social security, medicare, and even VA benefits which are funded by the citizens of this country and cost considerably more than the amount the person recvng them ever puts into it. We cant have it both ways here which is what we want. "Socialism" is good in some areas but not others...cmon now, isnt the real issue here that everyone wants what is best for them and their interest and the hell with everyone else...from the rich to the poor?
Yeah it's called states rights. CA has the right to be as socialist as they want. While Texas should be able to be as free market capitalist as they want. While not effecting each other. The federal govenment is overstepping some boundaries here depending on how literally or figuratively you read the constitution.
We are freakin doomed as a society. The half of us wage earners who are paying taxes are now supporting the other half who pay zero taxes and yay, they can even get some of my money through govt redistribution (EIC). Anyway you slice that fact it comes up wrong!
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