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Originally Posted by Robbie
mynameisjim... from my perspective it would seem that "yes" we do need to help some folks who genuinely can not work.
But I don't see it as a "burden" to require able bodied people to pay for their own food and medical care. I can see it as something that our country has tried to do. But if we can't do it anymore I don't think it is a "burden" to them. It's their responsibility to take care of themselves. I'm not on this Earth to pay other people's bills for them. I'm here to take care of MY family.
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True, but don't forget, we are not broke as a country because we tried too hard to help those that are less fortunate. We went broke because we fought two of the longest wars in history while at the same time cutting taxes. Then we bailed out the banks which account for over half of the country's GDP. Before all that started we had a surplus of money!
The super wealthy started the Tea Party so they could shift the debate and they have succeeded. Sound minded people are starting to believe that we are broke because of social programs. The truth is, we can keep all our promises to the poor and the elderly, but we can't fight wars without raising taxes and we can't bail out companies that are larger than most countries and expect to somehow have money left in the bank.
We can't lose sight of how we really got here and we didn't get here by giving too much to the poor.