My bullshit tolerance is low today. Everyone knows, or should know, that these welfare schemes were put in place to control certain parts of the population, because the government knows that a dependent people are a cooperative people, as well as a source of votes for the ruling class. It's incumbent insurance.
No arguing with that. But what kind of control, besides $ is the government doing. You might be rich enough not to need health insurance, but insurance companies are almost as bad as government insurance (Medicare/aid)
No one would let a fellow human being starve if it was in their power to prevent it. We used to work together as communities. We knew each other. Now, we can live 10 years next to the same person, and never know who they are. We are too busy with our television and sporting events to take time to greet our neighbor. (I know, some of you know your neighbors, I am speaking in general terms.)
This is the very problem with the world today. We don't stay long enough in one area and we often work miles and miles from home where none of our neighbors do. Our sense of community has grown larger.
We used to pull each other up, now we turn that job over to government, so we don't have to get our hands dirty, or miss an episode of American Idol. And the government loves this, because they can consolidate their power. There's no freedom left. It's all dependence. One way or another, all of us are dependent on government for our daily necessities.
I guess so. No freedom is a bit of an exaggeration. And yes, I want government to pave the roads, provide police protection, military to protect my country, have a court of law to settle our differences peacefully, and to make sure the food I eat is not tainted, and the air and water I use not poisonous. I'm not saying our overall government is perfect or that there are not people gaming the system. The world's and the US is too big to go back to the wild wild west days. Without a government safety net for both individuals and corporations this last down turn would have mad the great depression look mild in comparison. Yes, its been costly and God know who is going to pay for it in the end.<snip>
Originally Posted by CuteOldGuy
As typical with chronic complainers is they complain with no solution offered other than bring to a complete end whatever they are complaining about. Just throwing the bums out doesn't solve the problem. See recently Libya and Egypt. Replacing one president w/o a clear deficit reducing budget with another w/o one solves very little.
You can hate up Omaba and the government in general, but it doesn't change things if you don't have a logical alternative.
