Originally Posted by FAndy

Once again Hevusa.. WHEN you reward idle people for doing nothing w/ your "go on the dole to recieve 80% of your previous salary" no one will contribute to society, it will collapse, and all will be poor. (Which is obviously where Sweden is headed...We keep pointing that out...) Once again... I grew up on minimum wage for awhile, but we WORKED ourselves out instead of depending on free handouts from the state. So... explain this to me... How do I hate the poor? .. Just because I don't buy into lies from bureaucrats who would shove money into our faces just so they could have greater power and control in our lives???

If you really CARED about the poor you would:
www.lp.org

Establish a dollar-for-dollar tax credit for contributions to private charity
"If the federal government's attempt at charity has been a dismal failure, private efforts have been much more successful. America is the most generous nation on earth. We already contribute more than $125 billion annually to charity. However, as we phase out inefficient government welfare, private charities must be able to step up and fill the void.

To help facilitate this transfer of responsibility from government welfare to private charity, the federal government should offer a dollar-for-dollar tax credit for contributions to private charities that provide social-welfare services. That is to say, if an individual gives a dollar to charity, he should be able to reduce his tax liability by a dollar. "

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This way charity could be more discretionary, and the truly needy would recieve funds.