That's the nature of America, Maureen. People aren't guaranteed success in the country; only the right to try for it.
I have more compassion than you'll ever know, but it's rightly placed compassion. I don't know of a single child who has starved to death in this country? Do you? Can you name one or point me to a reference? Pointless wars to you, perhaps. But you're still here only because so many have sacrificed their lives to keep you free. Show some gratitude. And you can't get beyond the propaganda of those who feed you your daily dose of unreality. I listen to very little commentary on the news. I get the facts and make up my own mind, unlike you apparently. Think for yourself and stop listening to others. Use your own mind and brain. And children most often suffer because of their sorry parents, if they have both, which way too many don't, or even none. "Keep my soul in a bank vault." What in the world does that mean? I don't defend corruption and evil by anyone; rich or poor, black or white, or any other group. You just think you know me. You don't know anything about me except what your small mind can assume based on a few minutes of reading what I've written. You seem (however, I draw no hard conclusions from the few minutes of reading your writing) like a bleeding-heart liberal who thinks everyone who suffers is a victim of someone else. Most people are the victim of their own choices. And I'm certainly not rich or even close, but I believe people have a right to keep the money they earn. Income tax should be abolished and a consumption tax put in it's place. Everyone should pay. And, by the way, the rich are paying the way for almost everyone in this country. You're just sad, Maureen. You and Obama would make a nice couple. Neither one of you has a clue as to what's really going on in this world. On 9/9/2014 8:55 PM, Maureen wrote: > You can't protect a nation by allowing the citizens of that nation to > suffer. You can't protect a nation by taking the hard earned dollars > of the working class and giving it to rich and their corporate > minions. You can't protect a nation by letting children starve while > you enrich the weapons industry with pointless wars. > > You are only interested in the welfare of the nation when it enriches > those whose propaganda you believe and you are unwilling to consider > compassion or help to anyone those propagandists have denigrated. > > Keep your soul, if you have one, in a bank vault. As long as people > like those you support are in charge, it might be safe there, and you > certainly appear to have no use for it in the real world. > > On Tue, Sep 9, 2014 at 8:21 PM, Rick Faircloth <[email protected]> > wrote: >> You don't understand "general vs individual welfare", Maureen. The >> Federal governments >> job is to protect the nation as a whole, not every individual that makes >> up the nation. >> >> Scout was right. It is not the job of the Federal government to provide >> people with food >> to eat, clothes to wear, and a roof over their heads. After decades of a >> failed social >> experiment of rampant welfare, we, as a nation, are seeing the results >> of handing out >> money to people too lazy to earn it. >> >> If nothing else, people can clean up the streets, mow grass along the >> side of the highways >> and do other honorable work to earn their keep. If they don't like these >> types of jobs, >> then find something better. >> >> It's time people got off their lazy behinds (those that are abusing the >> system) and >> earn their keep instead of having it handed to them without cost. >> >> I can find plenty of work for people to do. Put me in charge of the US >> Labor Department >> and some things will get done. >> >> >> On 9/9/2014 7:25 PM, Maureen wrote: >>> Of course it is. Remember that clause that says "provide for the >>> general welfare". Plus the fact that money spent on care and food for >>> the elderly and impoverished goes right back into the economy. The >>> war of poverty has been one of the more successful government programs >>> in terms of raising the standard of living and education in the US. >>> >>> Even if all the government does is work with business to raise the >>> standard of living and income, it matters. Much more so than providing >>> weapons and aid to foreign governments that ends up in the hands of >>> those who become our enemies. I say again: priorities. Tax dollars >>> should not only be spent on the rich. >>> >>> >>> On Tue, Sep 9, 2014 at 7:07 PM, LRS Scout <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> That's not the government's job or concern. >>>> On Sep 9, 2014 6:51 PM, "Vivec" <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Allowing people to just survive doesn't help them escape poverty. >>>>> What actually seems to make a difference is giving them money to lift them >>>>> out of poverty. >> > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:372316 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
