08-13-2015, 08:10 PM
(08-13-2015, 08:02 PM)fredtoast Wrote: I don't think it is insane for a country that produces three times more wealth than any other country on earth to provide for the general welfare of its citizens.
What I do think is insane is for the ultra wealthy to make billons of dollars while paying their labor force pennies per hour like in other countries that are less regulated than the United States.
The United States should not have millions of people starving in ghettos without health care just so the wealthy elite can amass billion dollar fortunes.
I would rather be poor here than in any country in the history of the world.
Poor people here have food stamps, section 8 housing, medicaid, WIC, head-start, utility assistance, welfare, cash assistance, SSDI, public housing, many private charities that will donate a large variety of things from clothing to cash assistance to furniture, and the list goes on and on.
I don't like the idea of people living in the sewer or starving to death, so to suggest that I'm somehow in favor that because I despise big government and social welfare programs that may be started with the best of intentions but often fail and lead to dependence is ridiculous.
Again, charity through government force is ridiculous. The idea of people who are trying losing some or all of their benefits because they work more hours or take a promotion is ridiculous and discouraging people from getting off of the dole.
There are loads of people who are stuck in a cycle of perpetual poverty because the very design of most of these programs were to get these people "trapped" in the system.
