XMCP I have to respectfully disagree with you, point by point:
First, congrats on being so successful at a young age.
Put yourself in someone elses shoes for a second. I have a mortgage, wife, kid, car payments, tons of monthly expenses, life insurance policies, not to mention the retirement fund since our government is pissing away social security. At this point when the government is taking 40% of your money, trust me, you'll have a problem too.
I can understand that. I've run the numbers. And I know it's not easy, but I'm saying it may be necessary. Not taxing us to hell necessarilly, but to provide these people with
something. If I had my say in it, I'd cut the hell out of the war on drugs, and the military. Emphasis on the random ass pentagon projects that spend so much more than they're worth.
I don't know anyone in this country who is starving that didn't want to be. It doesn't matter what State you live in; there are endless social / welfare / housing programs. NOBODY goes homeless or starving in this country who is willing to NOT be.
If this is a hard concept for anyone to understand, visit your local homeless shelter. You will be hard-pressed to find anyone that has actually worked hard in their life and ended up there. 90% are druggies / alcoholics / mentally disabled people - Nothing at all against these people, they need help, just a different kind of help.
Once again, welcome to Michigan. Engler shut down EVERY SINGLE public mental care institution. Everyone that should've been there? Jail or on the streets. They have no option here.
I grew up dirt-poor in a trailer park. Like, SUPER poor. The roof leaked when it rained. Utilities constantly got shut off, etc.
Looking back, I realized that my parents were irresponsible and bad with managing money. It wasn't that they were lazy - just extremely irresponsible, as I'm assuming you've witnessed in the places you've lived. We all make our own beds. a
Contrary to what our constitution or the bible or whatever says, we are not all create equal. Some of us are smarter / more intelligent / more capable than others. They may work 'harder' but try to teach them PHP, they will never, ever, EVER get it. It's just not comprehendable (is that a word?) to these people. Dont' feel bad for them. Just understand that, the cashier working at walmart MOST LIKELY isn't down on their luck... That's all they're really capable of.
I understand and agree. But if you're gifted with something that so many people weren't, don't you feel the least desire to make sure they can exist in a healthy fashion?
We all got lucky. We were given at least some form of opportunity(some more than others) and had the natural ability to do things that SO many people in our country never could. We worked our asses off, yes. But still. Actually, my girlfriend(who is reading over my shoulder) pointed out that the woman who works the hardest out of anyone she knows(I've met her, and it's true), makes
less than $15,000 per year. And by the way, she recently got her water shut off. She doesn't live extravagantly
at all by the way. And there's no way I can look in my bank account and say that I deserve all that, while she deserves to get her water shut off just because I happened to get lucky in the genetic pool.
This one I agree with you on 100%. While ultimately I am against universal health care, I DO agree that we need to take care of our youth. Especially from their dead beat parents.
I just wish there was a way to give the kids money, without giving it to the parents. And btw, taking them away from their parents it's more expensive, and generally traumatic for the kids(my father used to have to do that as part of his job. Some of the most heart breaking stories you'll ever hear)
Prove yourself wrong. Go talk to some people on welfare. Find some hard evidence that they are not working, even though they want to. You won't find them. They are all losers / deadbeats / etc. Show me ONE example of someone who actually tried to make something of themselves, put forth a legitimate effort and didn't make it.
I've met some that tried to make something of themselves, and did for a bit, and made some shitty shitty decisions. But most around here are people who just aren't capable. I worked(community service) at a private soup kitchen. These guys honestly just didn't have the ability. And with no public mental care or anything like that around here, and no way for them to afford medication, they're just royally fucked. A lot of them just did odd jobs when they could, but it never adds up enough.
I'm not un-compassionate, I just have a very low tolerance for people who don't get up in the morning and try to better themselves.
And for what it's worth, I'm a libertarian, not a Republican.
I agree with that completely. When we are given some gift or talent, it is our almost obligation to everyone else to do the best we can with it and develop it.
However, that said, I don't want to punish the people with IQs lower than the temperature in January. They really can't make much of themselves.
Getting out of Iraq gives us the ability to stop borrowing from China, which is a good start. We need to rid our generation of social security ... that's currently ~40% of our GDP. Keep funding for the old farts with our money because they were lied to and cheated. But be honest with us genxers, it's simply not going to be there and we shouldn't have to pay for our gov't funded retirement that won't exist.
But you want the gov't up our asses with finances??? Do you really think the way they fake budgeting and spend frivolously is going to get the country in better shape?
Spending frivolously? Keeping people alive is spending frivolously? Getting them educated and healthy and in a position where they can actually benefit the country?(providing they're able of course).
Once again. Chop the fuck out of experimental military programs. Chop the fuck out of beaurocracies. Stop putting people in Jail for weed, and try and educate the people that are
in jail so they can have a shot in hell of getting a job when they get out(and btw, people with a job will be the guys NOT commiting crimes and NOT using up more police budgets/prosecution budgets). What do you think it costs to arrest and prosecute someone nowadays? Easily 40k. Plus housing them in jail again. That's several years at a private university worth of money. So get em a damn community college education.
Combine all those and you have billions saved from the military, and millions saved from criminals not going back to jail once they're out.
Give the taxes back to the people and let them donate how they see fit. You want to give money to poverty stricken families, cool. Many others will too. I'm personally going to set up free internet access and give those same kids a cpu. Again, teach to fish.
Hellllll yes.
99% is a bit high, perhaps 60-70% is closer, and I do feel for those people. Or maybe Detroit has some ambitious poor people that I've never experienced. Go live in Memphis for a bit and you'll get a glimpse of reality.
Shitty medical care is better than no medical care.
Breaking the chain is tough to do. Giving the handouts has not worked, time to figure something else out. And fucked up adults come from not being loved as a child, not anything that has to do with money, education & food. How can you really say that you love your child when you know you can't afford them and keep popping more out ... that's not love like republicans know it. Remember, Job #1 is to take care of yourself and your family.
Handouts hasn't worked, I'll admit. But I still want to give the kids a chance. Helping the parents are just a necessary condition since they handle the money.
That's a whole different topic and I would wager that very few people in the country agrees with me on this one. That's ok, I still stand behind it. If you want kids that bad after getting your finances together, adopt. Love has nothing to do with genetics.
True, but it's a hard sell still. Given the fact my belief is the government needs to stay the fuck out of my body, it'd be a bit out there for me to agree.
My body is my possession, and regardless of any other condition(and I mean
any other condition) they are not allowed to make any permanent decisions about it.
