Washington Has Let Down the Poor

[NonServiam]

^^^^^^^^^Very clever and creative.

[GoVegan]

Greed is a powerful drug.

Sloth is a powerful characteristic.

the two are an interesting dichotomy.

Greedy people want to keep everything they've earned, ill-gotten or not.
Sloths want a handout and want to rationalize wealth not falling in there lap as a a conspiracy.

Teach a man to fish. That's all I got to say. Too many of the social programs are open ended, one sided, hand outs. There needs to be follow through and opportunity tied into assistance. Giving and expecting are difficult cycles to interrupt with work and education. That requires ambition.

+1

[Joe234]

Why is that socialist? They just did a study showing that the highest paid CEO's are the ones who are taking away our jobs even when a company is financially healthy. You are nothing but a pawn to many of these "rich" people you are defending and they will use you at will. I am not against being rich but I am not against a strong government either. I have seen good loyal workers just crushed by their companies even after years of service. I want a government that is there to help me against abuse and poverty when I need it. If that is what you consider to be a socialist, then so be it.

Sweden is socialist in many respects. What's the problem? They haven't regulated snus like
the capitalists have. Socialism is not communism.

[Premium Parrots]

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eat the rich

eat the poor

[GoVegan]

Lots of feasting going on around here. How about not eating anyone and just letting people be?

[sgreger1]

I have no qualms with our government providing safety nets and health care especially if they can do it cheaper.

See, theres you problem right there. Lol. I knew they lied when the cbo said it would reduce the deficit. To the surprise of absolutely no one, it is going to ADD hundreds of billions to the deficit.

[sgreger1]

Wow. So well put baker, that even Joe agrees.

And so do I.

I see what you did there...

[justintempler]

Why is that socialist? They just did a study showing that the highest paid CEO's are the ones who are taking away our jobs even when a company is financially healthy. You are nothing but a pawn to many of these "rich" people you are defending and they will use you at will. I am not against being rich but I am not against a strong government either. I have seen good loyal workers just crushed by their companies even after years of service. I want a government that is there to help me against abuse and poverty when I need it. If that is what you consider to be a socialist, then so be it.

I'm not defending "those" rich people...... You seem to jump to the conclusion that just because someone is wealthy that they must have got their wealth because they abused someone.

The PACTact is a great example of socialism in progress.
If a person that knows smoking causes cancer decides to smoke 3 packs a day anyway, no worries the government will be happy to step in and take money away from those evil tobacco companies to help pay for his healthcare.
Those evil greedy tobacco companies must be forced to pay!

The problem I have with socialism is it doesn't care whether or not you earned your money. It doesn't care about personal responsibility. It's a system based on needs.

[sgreger1]

The problem I have with socialism is it doesn't care whether or not you earned your money. It doesn't care about personal responsibility. It's a system based on needs.

Yes, it is based on need, like all systems. The difference is it creates increased need and has no means of production. It supports distributing resources, but fails to come up with a way to create resources.


People, socialism wont and hasnt worked because the money needs to be made before it can be spread evenly. Capitalism has its flaws, but it makes good use of the human condition. Greed, the ego, wanting to have more than your neighbor. It causes people to be productive and create things. Its hard to fine tune because some people are better are creating wealth than others, so the wealth becomes concentrated in the hands of a few. It needs reform and regulation, yes, but replacing it with a system that just consumes and never creates wouldnt work. Socialism is the least sustainable of all economic models.