Jagged Edge, your completely misinterpreting what I was trying to say. This isn't about the government giving people whatever they want or giving them handouts. I don't understand how you think that everyone has the ability to survive financially in this country. Have you not heard about the tent cities popping up everywhere? Are you not aware of the hundreds of thousands of people who have lost their jobs? Do you honestly think that there are people out there with HDTV's and expensive apartments who are complaining about not having health insurance? So many people are already barely scraping by with the basic necessities and they aren't wasting their money on superfluous crap. You are really not understanding the situation that many people find themselves in today.

You are also trying to make it seem as if all welfare recipients are crack heads with 10 kids, what the fuck is wrong with you? Could you buy into a stereotype any harder? Obviously there are going to be assholes who try to abuse the system but to just decide that everyone who receives government aid is doing something wrong is ignorant. I understand that you think its all about every man for himself, and that would be fine if every man had the same opportunities as everyone else.

You seem to be stuck in the 50's. I am sure that at that time the common man was perfectly capable of working a job and living a decent life. But its not like that anymore. Can you honestly tell me that you think someone could survive nowadays on minimum wage? There are millions of people making less than 20 grand a year and some of them have families. I realize that if your poor you probably shouldn't have kids, but what about people who have to support their parents, siblings, or grandparents. Also, think about people with illnesses or disabilities. Medicare is absolute shit, and disability checks are never enough to provide the treatment that so many of these people need. I realize that this is hard for you to understand because you have everything you need, you have shelter, food, and entertainment so it is very easy for you to judge these people and say they aren't working hard enough or that they don't deserve any help.

If it is possible, I suggest going to one of these tent cities or even a welfare office and preach your selfish bullshit to them and see what they think. Seriously you need to talk to some "real" poor people and get some sort of understanding of what these people are going through.
Ramulux Reviewed by Ramulux on . are we to be free? with all the talk of socialism in america and the growing governmental control over our relatively free marketplace, i feel the need to ask those of you on these boards a rather basic question. is the individual an important component of american political philosophy or is the will of the people of paramount concern? this country has always led the world in its pursuit of the rights of the individual, understanding that the price we pay for those rights is a tumultuous life at best. as Rating: 5