XMCP I have to respectfully disagree with you, point by point:
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Originally Posted by xmcp123
Several reasons.My Expenses are as Follows: Cigarettes, Food, Rent, a modest amount of inebriants, Red Bull. I don't really need as much as I make
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First, congrats on being so successful at a young age.
Put yourself in someone elses shoes for a second. I have a mortgage, wife, kid, car payments, tons of monthly expenses, life insurance policies, not to mention the retirement fund since our government is pissing away social security. At this point when the government is taking 40% of your money, trust me, you'll have a problem too.
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It's insane that people in this country are starving. I can understand not wanting them rollin Cadillacs on 22s or what the fuck ever, but they should get to eat.
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I don't know anyone in this country who is starving that didn't want to be. It doesn't matter what State you live in; there are endless social / welfare / housing programs. NOBODY goes homeless or starving in this country who is willing to NOT be.
If this is a hard concept for anyone to understand, visit your local homeless shelter. You will be hard-pressed to find anyone that has actually worked hard in their life and ended up there. 90% are druggies / alcoholics / mentally disabled people - Nothing at all against these people, they need help, just a different kind of help.
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I have lived in some really nasty areas between high school and college. The people there were not lazy. In many cases they were uneducated, but rarely lazy. Some couldn't get transportation to a job as well. Welcome to Detroit btw, where our gangsters are too poor to buy bullets because there's no work.
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I grew up dirt-poor in a trailer park. Like, SUPER poor. The roof leaked when it rained. Utilities constantly got shut off, etc.
Looking back, I realized that my parents were irresponsible and bad with managing money. It wasn't that they were lazy - just extremely irresponsible, as I'm assuming you've witnessed in the places you've lived. We all make our own beds.
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Minimum wage is not even near what's necessary to live on, even working 50+ hour weeks. Those people work MUCH harder than me. Not smarter, but harder. Oh yeah, and they have to put on pants. I don't.
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Contrary to what our constitution or the bible or whatever says,
we are not all create equal. Some of us are smarter / more intelligent / more capable than others. They may work 'harder' but try to teach them PHP, they will never, ever, EVER get it. It's just not comprehendable (is that a word?) to these people. Dont' feel bad for them. Just understand that, the cashier working at walmart MOST LIKELY isn't down on their luck... That's all they're really capable of.
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I refuse to punish someone's children because their mother is a lazy and/or stupid.
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This one I agree with you on 100%. While ultimately I am against universal health care, I DO agree that we need to take care of our youth. Especially from their dead beat parents.
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People with money buy shit. They sometimes buy my shit.If you honestly believe most people on welfare or whatever are "not working", and not working by choice, you're an ignorant prick and need to get the hell out of your basement.
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Prove yourself wrong. Go talk to some people on welfare. Find some hard evidence that they are not working, even though they want to. You won't find them. They are all losers / deadbeats / etc. Show me ONE example of someone who actually tried to make something of themselves, put forth a legitimate effort and didn't make it.
I'm not un-compassionate, I just have a very low tolerance for people who don't get up in the morning and try to better themselves.
And for what it's worth, I'm a libertarian, not a Republican.