I just don't understand the entitlement mentality. Why on earth would someone think they are entitled to someone else's property that hasn't been earned? Charity is freely given but entitlements are stolen from those who toil away to earn a living. If one gets a check that is unearned, no matter the reason, he is a parasite! These transfer payments have to stop if we are going to heal this pervasive sickness. Please understand that I'm not rich and was born poor in the projects of Detroit. I have been hungry and nearly homeless several times. Once I ate Ramen noodles for about a year. Another time a friend fed me while I was in college for about nine months. Not once did I even consider welfare. I would rather starve to death than benefit from the theft of others. I was listening to the President yesterday and he said that "we" can't afford tax breaks for the "rich". Who is "we"? The "we" is government. The government can't afford to let the so called rich keep more of what they earn? The government 'can't afford it'. Wow!
There aren't enough rich people out there and they pay most of the taxes. The 'rich' pay about 80% of the taxes and the 'middle class' pay the remaining 20% (federal). But there are way more 'middle class' people the government can steal money from compared to the rich so the 'middle class' will be the ultimate target. I guess the politicians can't say that though. The idea is that someone's property will be confiscated just not yours! People seem to buy that argument! Revenue to the federal government averages about two trillion dollars per annum. Just maybe we should stop sending so much of our hard earned money overseas to countries that really don't appreciate it. And just maybe we should stop funding crony capitalism with corporate welfare schemes! Maybe, the government can stop sticking it's nose into private enterprise (ie, commerce) which usually means graft.
Lastly, this Obamacare thing is really interesting. People demanding 'free healthcare' but the polls say most people are against the Obamacare law. I can tell you most physicians are against the law. Physicians know what the government is capable of! Many blame the problems we have on government intervention. Those in favor point to the UK and Canada as models. Physicians want to know which part of the UK and Canada models are desirable? Is it the long wait times to see a physician or the lack of facilities? How about the bureaucracy? Probably because it appears free! Perhaps those models are dependent on the generosity of the American economic system that we want to destroy? Isn't it interesting that as the American economic system crashes, so are the socialized medical systems of Europe and Canada. How's healthcare working out in Greece? Anyone? The republicans shout "it's a tax" and the democrats "it's a penalty". Does it really matter what the government calls it? I have to question the intelligence of anyone who says that the public was deceived. Or maybe this is political posturing, who knows? There is no way anyone could have been fooled by a "mandate" in this bill. It means that the government is going to force you to pay! And besides, there are literally hundreds of other declared taxes in the bill! (16,000 IRS agents, people!) I agree with CJ Roberts on this point! Again, wink, wink! The politicians plead that the mandate doesn't apply to you but those other guys! wink! wink! There are lots of young people who don't need 'health insurance' because they are healthy! The government can't wait to get the revenue from this demographic in hopes that it will help to budget for the massive economic tsunami that is coming. Young people will not be working anytime soon so income taxes are a 'no go'. It will not help because politicians are really bad at math! And I mean really bad at math! Don't believe me, look at the degrees of the politicians: lots of liberal arts and lawyers, very few engineers, scientists, accountants, and physicians!
If you want to know what we should do, the answer is simple. Usually, the opposite of what the politicians are suggesting. I listed my solution to Obamacare in an earlier post. But really, we have to change the minds of people who think they can vote themselves money from our treasury!
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