LOL I totally understand your feelings (well mostly, my fianc�e and I have
no kids and plan to have the same number later, we have dogs LOL)
"What about the Marva down at the trailer park who only has 2 children and a
job that pays slightly over minimum wage. Should we tax her enough to cover
the cost of educating her kids... tax her enough so that she can't afford
food."
I feel this way, if Marva has a low paying job and little to no prospects,
then she shouldn't be having kids, I'd applaud her for not being assisted,
but people who are on the razors edge, should really weigh the returns, I'm
sure kids are great and all that but I don't think I should have to pay more
because she wanted to have kids when she should have been wise enough to
know she had no means of supporting them. That's a major cop out in my book,
"have kids now, worry about money and the children later" that's just bad
from all angles.
I think if there is an answer to this issue it's somewhere between my "fixed
after two pay for your own" policy and the "let's support the lower class no
matter how many kids they have because the kids are the future" policy. I
just hope one day we figure out where that middle ground is before everyone
is living in 200 story apartments because there isn't enough room left in
the country.
I have no problem with the gov't taking my money for lots of things, but I
think each person should get to decide where their portion goes. I'd pay for
a road in Anchorage before I'd send some ones kids to school because they
wanted a family but make 6.00 an hour part time, that's their deal.
While we're on the subject of where our money goes, I'd rather pay for a
phone booth in Queens before I spent a dime on a missile shield that's been
a boondoggle since it was thought up.
Just my 1.6 cents... I'm a little short it was a long day :-)
John Wilker
Web Applications Consultant
Macromedia Certified ColdFusion Developer
www.red-omega.com <http://www.red-omega.com>
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-----Original Message-----
From: Raymond Camden [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Tuesday, June 12, 2001 8:00 PM
To: CF-Community
Subject: RE: Revenge has it's place
> This may not be a popular opinion and I know it would never fly,
> unfortunately, but China was (I'm not sure if this is still the
> policy) but
> 2 kids is enough. I know some of us have more and all but way too many
> people treat babies as paychecks, and I'd give up my right to 3 or more if
That is just plain wrong. Don't blame the majority of hard working, loving
parents for the sins of a minority who abuse the welfare system. My wife is
from a large family, she is one of eight, and her parents never went on
welfare, nor do a majority of large families. Plus, it's easy to 'give up
your right to 3 or more' if you didn't struggle to have one.
Geeze, and this is not just a reaction to you, John, but to a few of you
guys on this list, but what's with the attitude against families? (I'm not
trying to attack, just being curious.) I've seen more than one poster talk
about families as if the only people who have kids are on welfare. Or how
they shouldn't have to pay for educating someone elses children. I hate to
quote Ms "Drug Runner" Houston, but the children _are_ our future. If we
screw them up, we screw up the world.
I'll quote Judith here (and again, I'm just curious, not attacking):
"What's wrong with being selfish? I paid for my kids' education. They are
grown. Why should have I to pay for a bunch more kids just because
Maybelline down at the trailer park decides to pump out another rug rat
every year?"
What about the Marva down at the trailer park who only has 2 children and a
job that pays slightly over minimum wage. Should we tax her enough to cover
the cost of educating her kids... tax her enough so that she can't afford
food.
Or maybe Marva's kids can get 1-2 years of education and then be shipped off
to the salt mines to help pay for their education? Personally, I don't mind
the government taking part of my check to pay for education. It means
smarter doctors, police officers, lawyers, builders, etc.
Your tax money goes to pay for roads you never go down. For hospitals. For
numerous services and other things that may not directly affect you, but do
make the country a better place. Yes, our government can waste quite a bit
of dough, but let's not forget that it actually does do some things right.
We live in a country where some people are homeless, some people are
starving, some people are injustly convicted, but we are also one of the
most richest and free countries in the world.
Just my 2 cents.
Raymond Camden
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