Quote Originally Posted by jonquest
you are correct. help for the poor, sick, elderly and the like should come from willing, charitable people. help for these people should not come from stealing people's money at gun point. a homeless person stealing a dollar from a millionaire is still robbery.
This is the underlying argument and it makes perfect sense to me. I don't understand why people can't see the difference between entitlement programs and charity. I don't know why it isn't up to the individual how he/she chooses to donate their money. NOBODY is entitled to someone else's money!

I imagine the people who support these programs would be royally pissed if their employer came to them one day and said, "Sir, I understand you work hard for your money, but 25% of your paycheck will be going to James from now on. He is having a hard time right now and seeing as how you and he work for the same company, he is entitled to that portion of your paycheck."