I'd rather have a system in place (at the state level) that can take care of those who fall through the cracks. I'd love to think that my daughter will be able to take care of me in my old age or help me with my retirement (like that will happen). But the reality is that the economy is a crap shoot from administration to administration any more and we can't predict what our children's means will be.
There needs to be something available to those who cannot rely on any other means. On Mon, Jul 26, 2010 at 11:12 AM, Jerry Barnes <[email protected]> wrote: > > "The answer is, yes, I do want to bless my daughter with a country that has > programs to take care of the least fortunate, that helps ensure a social > safety net for retirement, that provides health care for the rich and > poor." > > > Interesting. > > I personally want my children to help take care of the less fortunate > through their own means, not by government proxy and mandate. I love it > when my children perform unsolicited acts of kindness. Talk about making a > heart swell. > > > If I need assistance in my retirement, I want my children and family to help > me. I don't want to rely on a government and don't think I will be able > to. > > > If I need health care, I don't want to wade through a bureaucratic maze of > red tape. I don't want to wait six months for surgery. I want to be able > to choose a physician and go. If I need financial assistance, then I want > my family to contribute. > > > Just a different way to view things I suppose. > > J > > - > > The democracy will cease to exist when you take away from those who are > willing to work and give to those who would not. I think myself that we have > more machinery of government than is necessary, too many parasites living on > the labor of the industrious. - Thomas Jefferson > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology-Michael-Dinowitz/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:323767 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
