Nomorenarcs, you seem to have made a bunch of assumptions. That I live in gilded halls on a golden throne of trust funds and wealth. I live in a predominantly black low income area much closer to the projects than the wealthy side of the city. I was making 25K, barely enough to pay my bills and loans and am currently unemployed and not taking unemployment by choice. (the state should be spending it's money on folks who would have a harder time finding employment than me, and it was my responsibility to save money to deal with times of hardship). My pops passed at 20 yrs old so I support myself and my mom so this idea that I grew up with a silver spoon is just a wrong assumption. I worked in college too, I washed dishes on campus for minimum wage and later on I tutored other students through the university.

And who says I don't care about poor people? I believe that people need to take care of their community, but I don't believe it's the governments perogative to force it on people and I believe that the government isn't always fiscally responsible so I put it on the individuals in society to take care of their society rather than some large entity who doesn't always see what needs to be done. I do donate, and I do volunteer but that is my choice and should always remain MY choice and not the government's choice. My mom works for a buddhist organization that does volunteer work in the US and abroad (making near minimum wage). My sister has been to Thailand, India and China doing volunteer work and is going into social work when she could have become a doctor and made much more. My dad was a doctor (self employed) and if someone came in and couldn't afford the cost of medical services or someone needed him on Sunday when his office was closed he'd take care of them and let them pay when they could. I want the impetus put on individuals to take care of their own communities rather than have a large overbearing federal government allocate our money.

And I'm sure the US military went into Iraq with the express goal of killing babies. That's a bit of emotional rhetoric that sounds good but is nonsense. The sanctions that the entire UN agreed on has killed over 500,000 kids and over 1 million in total, that would have continued under Saddam's regime.

I am simply of the opinion that people earn money and should be allowed to do what they wish with it. Nobody has the right to tell you what to do with your money. If I'm working over 60 hours a week to earn 25K-35K than I should decide what to do with it.

And that doesn't mean no taxes, and no programs to help those in need. Less taxes mean more people especially the middle class take home more money, so they can have the opportunity to invest that money (or spend it) thus causing economic growth. This provides more jobs so folks that want to work can work. One of the problems with the US is that we outsource way too much labor we need to provide an atmosphere where folks who want work can get work, and when they get work they should take home more money so they can invest it and build a fiscal foundation that grows. And it goes back to having a market based on competition. I want to own my own pharmacy one day and I'll have healthcare, child care, decent wages but that will be my choice to provide it because then I can have a larger pool of applicants and can pick the best qualified individuals to fill the positions I need filled.

The role of the government isn't to spend my money, they should create laws and enforce fair labor practices.

I spent years in a university as well, I spent a portion of my loan money to buy the reduced cost health insurance that all the students could get. And yeah it meant I didn't have as much pocket money but thats a sacrifice I had to make for insurance.

So if I'm just a middle class guy working long hours for a decent but not exorbitant wage and I send my kid to private school to give him an advantage so he can earn more then I have to also pay for public schools which I'm not using. That makes private school less asscessible to those who don't have very high wages, it keeps middle class kids out of private schools which tend to have better teachers since the teachers are paid more due to the school being private.



You speak a lot of rhetoric but the quality of living is roughly equal between our nations, and the life expectancy is approximately equal as well. So your assertion that we have poor babies dying by the thousands is again, just emotional rhetoric with no factual basis behind it.

Yeah I'm right wing lol. I'm an economic conservative but socially I support gay rights, affirmative action, better welfare (not more money spent on it but rather better programs). I'm in favor of less religion, sensible drug policy reform and a lot of other "left wing" agendas. But when it comes to the economy I think the government does more harm than good, the free market balances itself out through supply and demand models so I argue that less gov't interference in the economy makes a stronger less costly economy.