05-05-2022, 10:47 AM
(05-05-2022, 09:58 AM)Mike M (the other one) Wrote: Where?
And what other rights do you forfeit by living there? Freedom of Speech? Freedom to own guns??
I know you are an avid gun lover, so Are you willing to give up your guns for better healthcare, schools for everyone?
Answer honestly, cause i know you'd "say" yes, but once push comes to shove, you'd tell people to shove off.
That's a false choice. There is no need to give up any of those rights for a better social safety net.
Admittedly, that is my mistake for saying what we need is what exists in other places. However, the fact remains that we could improve the general welfare of our citizenry without giving up those civil liberties.
"A great democracy has got to be progressive, or it will soon cease to be either great or a democracy..." - TR
"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little." - FDR
"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little." - FDR
