On Thu, Mar 25, 2010 at 10:52 PM, ornamentalmind <[email protected]>wrote:
> “…The way welfare seems to breed dependency that moves to the next > generation and never goes away. The sense of entitlement is literally > taught. Organizations like Acorn exist just for this purpose. I > believe this is a dignity destroyer. I've had people brag, BRAG!, > about the goodies they get from the government. This disgusts me.” – > DJ > > Overall, I find the sense of entitlement and teaching thereof found > within the upper socio-economic strata of society to be much more > troubling than that of the lower. I can say this with some confidence > since I was born into those strata here in the US. First, it is not > needed while in most cases the latter actually has needs. Secondly, it > is used to perpetuate the myths of our economic system as well as > deceptively acquire so much more than is healthy for those with such > large appetites. AIG and other investment vestiges of Wall Street, the > banking industry, auto manufacturing corporations and other “private” > enterprises are beyond hypocritical in taking bail out funding, their > actions are downright criminal. Talk about destroying dignity!!! And, > then they just give themselves raises with tax money..bragging all the > way to the bank! > > http://norris.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/11/10/unbelievable-words-from-aig/ > > http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/thu-march-18-2010/conservative-libertarian > > Hear Hear.. > See Don?...again we agree that entitlement attitudes are the bane of > society… > at least with the lower end of entitlement you could create jobs to receive it like.. sweeping the streets or picking up litter Allan > On Mar 25, 2:07 pm, Don Johnson <[email protected]> wrote: > > I know you didn't mean it the way I took it Fran. Perhaps I'm a little > > nostalgic for the cowboy image. We used to be different. Not better but > > unique. Successful, driven. As you say, the big boys on the block. Now > > we're sliding into mediocrity and I don't like it. The WHO and Fidel > > freakin' Castro is praising my government. Somebody slap me; I must be > > having a nightmare.;-) > > > > Thanks for the kind words and your sentiments are reciprocated. I > believe I > > understand why you think like you do. My problem is I don't trust my > > leaders not to abuse their power. We just handed the government(or they > > just stole it*whine*) a LOT more power by approving massive tax > increases. > > I'm including the forced insurance and fines as taxes here. They really > > sneaked this one by the American people. Even Fox News doesn't use the > word > > Taxes as often as they should be. The feds decide how this gets spent. > For > > the first 5 years they just collect taxes the hand outs don't start 'til > > later. I expect them to waste most of the money. Or borrow from it like > > they did Social Security(damn foolish and irresponsible that). It is > really > > very frustrating how ignorant most Congressmen are when it comes to > > economics. They figure out what they want to do(spend a boat load of > money) > > and then hire economists and accountants to make the data look good. > They > > cook the books. It should be criminal. > > > > I know you haven't accused me of hating poor people but I get that from > > others all the time. Helping poor people doesn't bother me. Hell, it > just > > makes good economic sense if you can get them back on their feet. What I > > object to are the processes. The way welfare seems to breed dependency > that > > moves to the next generation and never goes away. The sense of > entitlement > > is literally taught. Organizations like Acorn exist just for this > purpose. > > I believe this is a dignity destroyer. I've had people brag, BRAG!, > about > > the goodies they get from the government. This disgusts me. > > > > I wish I could communicate better but that's the best I can do. > > > > dj > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > ""Minds Eye"" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]<minds-eye%[email protected]> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/minds-eye?hl=en. > > -- ( ) I_D Allan -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups ""Minds Eye"" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/minds-eye?hl=en.
