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Originally Posted by StickyGreen
I don't like him, but what he said is pretty much on point, at least the part about people feeling entitled and wanting free shit.
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Originally Posted by Barefootsies
Not so fast sparky.
The 'big evil government' saved 2 of the 3 U.S. automakers, and bailed out Wall Street. This does not even get into the farmers, and oil subsidies. The gross defense budget, which is really just propping up defense contractors, and alike.
If you're going to talk about government hand outs, and entitlements, it need to include the corporate welfare that has been going on. I do not think there is a total that adds up the bail outs + annual corporate welfare + defense in a nice easy pie graph compared to social programs.
My point is, there is way too much government "hand outs" across the board. Both social and corporate.
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Some of you are smug bastards with little clue how the world works.
The reason for the Decline of the West is due to Third World imports we all buy. You dream of the days when the West made so much of the consumables. Tapping away on your keyboard produced in the Third World. Where they let people starve to death. Look at the povery figures for the countries you buy good from.
Complaining about Government handouts to the unemployed or corporate makes you not think of the truth. You would rather buy a pair of Nike shoes made in a Third World sweat shop for $100 than a pair built in your home town for $200. And anyone who questions the statement keeping it to Nike shoes is a moron.
Maybe you shouldn't be demanding 50% pay outs and all the crutches you need to keep you sending traffic.