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Originally Posted by alias  I think everyone in America has an opportunity to better themselves with hard work. There are plenty of free grants in America to help those in low incomes. There are a lot of people In America who have bettered themselves by taking advantage of programs and hard work.
I think wars are stupid also. We all would be better off if those who hate America would find something useful to do with their time instead of trying to hurt us. | You are right. America truly is the land of opportunities... However inability to utilize those opportunities cannot only be explained by laziness. That is a simplistic view.
The fact that america has millions of homeless, millions living below the poverty line and millions of illiterate adults indicates that there is more than just LAZINESS to blame. There is a more complex dynamic that creates this type of social issues.
I would never agree with giving cash grants to poor people. However i do not see why there is such an uproar about raising taxes for the richest people. If you make 2 billion instead of 3 billion.. does that really reduce your quality of life? No it doesn't.
Instead of taking that money and giving it in cash to the poor how about spending it on fixing public infrastructure
?? like education, healthcare and housing??
Or is there such mistrust of the government that nobody believes the money will be spent properly? In that case some revision of the government should be timely.
Giving people the basics for decent life for FREE does not make them into freeloaders. That just gives them more opportunities to work harder and perhaps not involve themselves in organized crime like int he ghettoes.
And like i said i have more sympathy for the poor than the rich. If a man complains about ONLY getting 2 billion instead of 3 billion then he is just being greedy. Love for all, Hatred for none |