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Originally Posted by BlackCrayon
the thing is, you just *give* everyone this stuff, what motivation is there for anyone to do anything? people are lazy enough as it is.
how did the rich get rich? were just always rich? maybe some have the old money but the majority did it on their own. these were people who refused to accept their so called place in life and did something bigger than themselves. why so many poor people accept their poverty? i'll respect anyone who goes out there and tries, even if they fail but those wanting free handouts while being perfectly able bodied, yeah they can go to hell.
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Did you not understand what the great president stated?
Employment, with a living wage - in other words everyone would be working.
Freedom from unfair competition and monopolies - large firms would not dominate. small firms would have a better chance. are you not fed up of star bucks being on every street in the world? do you not want to walk down a street and find a famiily run coffe shop, offering somthing different?
Housing - whats wrong with that? do you think if somone has a low wage job or no money they should live on the street? do you think the chap who cleans the street should not be entitled to live in a house? should only the rich live in comfort?
Medical care - so should only the rich get medical care. the poor can die?
Education - again so only the rich should have the best education?
Social security - do you not think people should be able to buy food when they retire?
We had a system in the UK where only the rich had anything. The poor died young. Disease spread.
The NHS stoped many illnesses. The country in fact became more productive from having the NHS as people were well enough to work.
Why is everything about money and getting rich?
Do you realy belive the current situation in the USA is good? Are you not ashamed that people are homless and houses are empty? What good is that?
Do you realy want people in the usa to have nothing? what do people do when they have nothing? they comit crime, they take drugs. Do you feel safer becase of that?
And if they go to prison who pays for that? the cost to purt somone in prison is much higher than helping them out.
But of couse you can always close your curtains and turn your tv on to block it all out. Its not your problem, what can you do about it? its somone elses problem, let 'them' deal with it. wash your hands of it all. so what if somone poor dies? what do they matter? its probably there fault they are poor. You can keep buying stuff after all.