no we haven't forgotten, but the libertarian ideal that if we take away all of the federal entitlement programs (ie welfare, social security etc) people will step in and pick up the all slack in one huge unifying act of human kindness and charity simply isn't rational. People won't do it, because there's no impetus to do so, because it doesn't effect them.
Now I'm not saying that the current programs aren't in need of a massive overhaul, they are, they're bloated, and overrun with cheaters and people taking advantage of programs they're not really entitled to. But charity won't take care of all of those that truly need help, and that's where a state, or federal program needs to step in (preferably at the state level) On Mon, Jul 26, 2010 at 2:16 PM, Jerry Barnes <[email protected]> wrote: > > "What was happening before we sent the country into bankruptcy? Were people > dying in the streets because they forgot to save?" > > Sam, this is exactly where I was heading. People tend to forget. > > 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:323834 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
