You can be a productive member of society and still need food stamps. An unskilled single mother raising three kids working 50 hours a week may qualify for food stamps, and even welfare. Yet they are on the public dole. Should the rug be pulled out from under her? Social programs are needed SPECIFICALLY for these types of situations. The lazy, do nothing slacker is the exception, not the rule. Human nature tells you that. How many people "on the public dole are physically, mentally unable to perform some type of work" is both a strawman and significantly less than you would think, as being a productive member of society is part of human nature, not slacking off.Socialism...
The entire premise of socialism is to use the collective to protect the weakest elements of society by using the tax money of the stronger elements of society.
Please explain to me why I should bust my ass working my entire life to ensure I will have a comfortable retirement and under socialism's wonderful mandates my neighbor who is a fat, lazy, slob who has been on welfare his entire life gets a comfortable retirement, and healthcare, and all that the collective decides he deserves? Sorry no.
Frankly, what Europe does doesn't interest me in the least. Funny thing about Europe, they are supposedly so much more advanced than the US...Why is it then everytime they find their ass in a jam they look to the US to save them? Why qare we supporting entire European communities with our military bases? Why can't we bring all of those troops home and let those advanced Europeans defend themselves? You know why as well as I do. The economic ripple of the capitalist Americans leaving would decimate large protions of those countries.
Sadly this country is sinking more and more into socialism every year. The people are such sheep they don't see it and march bleeting to their own ruin.
Seriously if this isn't an April Fool's joke this jag off is one of the brain washed sheeple that will lead this country to either ruin or revolution.You can be a productive member of society and still need food stamps. An unskilled single mother raising three kids working 50 hours a week may qualify for food stamps, and even welfare. Yet they are on the public dole. Should the rug be pulled out from under her? Social programs are needed SPECIFICALLY for these types of situations. Of course social programs are for that situation. Unfortunately far too many people believe it is their right to sit on that public dole for their entire life. That is not what it was intended for in most cases. Of course there are those who legitimately can't work. The physically disabkled for example. The problem is we have created a system where once some people learn to play it like a concert pianist they NEVER GET OFF FROM IT and in fact it because multi-generaltional. For those who find themselves in a tough situation it was intended to be a stop gap measure to help them get back on their feet and then OFF FROM WELFARE, FOOD STAMPS, AFDC and the rest. It was NEVER meant to be a way of life.The lazy, do nothing slacker is the exception, not the rule. Human nature tells you that. How many people "on the public dole are physically, mentally unable to perform some type of work" is both a strawman and significantly less than you would think, as being a productive member of society is part of human nature, not slacking off. Your premise is partially correct. PEOPLE WITH NORMAL VALUES AND MORALS, THAT ARE WELL ADJUSTED, PROPERLY EDUCATED AND WITH PARENTS THAT DEVELOPED A WORK ETHIC IN THEM WANT TO BE PRODUCTIVE. Others will always seek the path of least resistance and as long as we have government programs telling them that they are the victim and unable to take care of themselves people will line up to suck off the public tit that I and others that actually work pay taxes to support.
Why are "conservatives" more motivated to shaft the have nots than providing a safety net for yourself should you ever need it? I am not interested in shafting anyone, including myself. It is not my job to support those who simply choose an easy way out and figure out the system well enough to not have to work. I have no problem giving a leg up to those in temporary distress or those genuinely unable to work like the handicapped. The "socialist" solution isn't perfect, but a capitalism one doesn't exist, at least not on any practical level. It's an imperfection. It's better than not having the system. I think it's much worse if you're 100% "forced" to work all the time. That's just wage slavery. Wage slavery? Seriously you are either stupid or too young to have any clue what the hell you are talking about. Life is about working for what you want and not settling for a lower level of living that the collective supplies. You call it wage slavery, I call it work ethic. If I want something I earn my money, save my money, and when I have enough I buy what I want. I don't expect you, or my neighbors, or tax money, or handouts, to pay for my lifestyle. It's nice that there is a net for people who don't mesh well with the working world in general, it's sad, but sometimes it's cheaper to keep them at home on the dole. Those that don't mesh with the working world? Seriously, the only people that should be in that category are those too disabled to work. I am NOT willing to pay hard earned tax money to someone who simply doesn't mesh with the working world. Give them community service jobs, if they don't want regular work. Have them clean the side of roads, clean public restrooms, rake leaves, shovel snow, or similar jobs. If they don't show NO HANDOUT.
You are so right. That's why the hippie communes worked for a while, until the greed took over. Hippies? Does this date me?Socialism and communism also work, at the voluntary and local level. The earliest Christians were communists - everything and everybody were there to care for and help anyone with a need. People guided by a belief in Christ as Savior were able to truly give from the heart and ensure that all received what was needed.
It's the institutionalized and nationalized forms of "socialism" and "communism" that prompt the ultimate greed, corruption and power-grabbing that the inevitable cadre' of power-hungry men and women of each generation so covet.
Given freely to one's neighbors, social and communal sharing is a wonderful gift. Taken by force of law and force itself, mandatory social and communal "sharing" are the antithesis of their noble ideals.
