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Originally Posted by DanteBoston  Government is trying? Nope. People demand services. Services cost money. Look at what people from Massachusetts (mostly) have done to New Hampshire. |
And people are demanding service because government has created the culture of relying on them for your needs rather than taking care of them yourself. People want everything easy, well news flash: Life is not easy, nor should it be.
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Originally Posted by DanteBoston Wow! Health care and day care are cradle to grave programs? In a society as rich as we are we could afford to pay child care, health care and education ...as investments in the future. Think of it as R&D. Imagine what a healthy and educated work force could do. |
You forgot welfare and social security, cradle to grave. It is not government's responsibility to do everything for people in a perfect world all would be taken care of, but this is not a perfect world, nor will it ever be. Choices people make dictate the lives they lead. Government pays for child care for some people, I have no problem with that, if it helps them to get off the government dole and earn money themselves I am all for it. Government pays for education, yet the public schools are failing our children, the only people winning are the teachers. People ask for choice in where they can send their children to school so they can succeed, and government denies them that to protect the teachers and their paychecks. So if it is R&D well, not much development is resulting.
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Originally Posted by DanteBoston and: Why do you hate Social Security? It works. |
Are you that blind?????? Social Security is returning a rate of just over 1% on the money you invest. When the system began for every 1 person receiving benefits there were 17 people working, today for every 1 there are only 3, in 20 years there will be 2 people working for every person receiving benefits. At some point the system will not have enough money to pay for itself, then what. After years of working and putting money in, the government will have none to give you. You earn the money, you pay into the system and if die, unless your children are still in school or your spouse is not receiving social security, the benefits stop, the government keeps your money. If a private company did this it would be criminal. It does not work, it is a failure and racist at that, especially when you consider blacks have a shorter life-span than other races. Again, for a private company this would be CRIMINAL.
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Originally Posted by DanteBoston do you remember Gladys Kravitz, from bewitched? And you are angry? get a better job or further you education. Start with spending less time here complaining. I say this because I fear for your mental health. |
Yes I remember Gladys Kravitz, and I am not noisy, I know these things about these people because they are acquaintences of mine. Don't worry about my mental health, it is fine, nor my job, it pays well. However, I am sick of working hard while others sit on their asses and live off of the tax monies taken from my paycheck. This culture created by the government of trying to take care of those who cannot take care of themselves has created the culture of resentment from those of us who do work. Time and again, when left to the people, they have voted down tax increases over and over again. All we want is more of our own money to spend on those things that we want. We can pay for our own health insurance, we can fund our own retirement accounts, so why not let us. I tell you why, because government fears people having more control of their own money, for if more people find out that they can do a better job that government, many of today's programs will die off.
dmk
now your just spouting things based on unwarranted stereotypes and delusion.[/quote]