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Socialism is not the answer, the government has never been the answer. Life, Liberty and the PURSUIT of happiness...not the providing of it.
Where does this stuff end though? Extending health care to those who really cant afford it is one thing, universal health care is another. Financial aid is one thing, a free college education for all is another. We have freeloaders NOW with all the welfare/social programs we already have.
And actually, i dont think the status qou is fine, burger flippers are making too much money these days. Damn burgers cost 5-7$ for a combo meal? most of that is due to the kid with NO skills making 7.50 and hour.....needs to be lowered
Those people that make tens and hundreds of millions of dollars a year, earn every penny. A burger flipper has an off day and the fries are cold, a CEO has an off day, thousands could lose their jobs. Don't begrudge people with vast responsibilities pay commiserate with the number and scope of their duties.wow dude, that's really surprisingly mean spirited. I'd never tell you or anyone else they are being paid too much, unless it is one of these big executives of these Wall Street firms or other people making tens and hundreds of millions of dollars a year. You're gonna begrudge someone making $7.50 an hour? That's shameful.
Those people that make tens and hundreds of millions of dollars a year, earn every penny.
Perhaps we'd have more money for things like that if we weren't feeding, educating and housing 12 or so MILLION illegal aliens, oh, and providing for their medical care.well, as far as heath care goes, it seems to me a big disgrace that we are so willing as a nation to spend untold billions and billions of dollars monthly to wage morally questionable wars around the world, and bail out the elite wealthy on Wall Street, but for some reason we refuse to make sure our own people are able to see a doctor when needed. I'd say making sure our own people have the care that they need ought to be a higher priority.
Perhaps if illegal aliens weren't charged instate tuition by those schools there would be more money to go around... My sister's ex-husband is Colombian, and he went to school here, and paid OUT OF STATE tuition, although the school knew he was in the process of legally immigrating to the US. It would have been far easier for him to come here illegally and go to school, not to mention, he would have caught one of the amnesties and been able to complete the citizenship process faster and cheaper.Also, I believe back in the 1950s and 1960s, at least in some states, the state-run university systems were free. So many of the politicians who are in charge now had that benefit, but that has now gone away for the later generations and a college education is harder and harder to manage.
I think an important thing to consider is this: the potential benefit of these "socialist" ideas, while they are aimed at benefitting the individual, in the long run they really benefit the nation as a whole. Making sure people have adequate health care gives them a better chance at getting a good job and not being out of work because they are sick, and even becoming a welfare case because they can't afford their medical bills. Getting people thru college and getting a good quality education puts a stronger workforce into our economy, and we all benefit, as a nation, in the long run. The costs of running these programs, I suspect, will be returned with huge interest, from the benefits reaped by a stronger, healthier, better educated workforce.Perhaps people should have personal responsibility.Millions on welfare tell a different story. Shoot, people who lost their homes as a result of hurricane Katrina and are still on the government (that means, of course, your's and mine) teat, tell a different story.We need to stop worrying about the cheaters and freeloaders. Will there be some people who milk the system? Of course, there always have been and there always will be and they ought to be dealt with thru appropriate law enforcement channels. But those people will be a small minority, because believe it or not, most people don't really want to be a ward of the State. They really want to get out there and take care of themselves and their own families.So these ideas are aimed at making our nation stronger as a whole, by making sure the citizens at the individual level are taken care of and have what they need in terms of healthcare, education, and opportunities. The basic idea behind these ideas is that we all do better as a nation, when the individual does better across the nation.
Hmmm..I have one job, a house, a car, and medical benefits. I pay my bills, my student loans and my taxes. I came from a lower middle class background and worked my *** off in school and in a bunch of low paying jobs until I worked my way up to where I am now. Am I one of those "Rich" guys that has to pay even more taxes to support those who didnt?
Socialism is not the answer, the government has never been the answer. Life, Liberty and the PURSUIT of happiness...not the providing of it.
Those people that make tens and hundreds of millions of dollars a year, earn every penny. A burger flipper has an off day and the fries are cold, a CEO has an off day, he makes billions of dollars while ruining the economy, then the government bails him out. Don't begrudge people with vast responsibilities pay commiserate with the number and scope of their duties.
Yes, you made it completely incorrect.here man, i fixed your post for you
welfare counts for less than 1% of the federal budget. the freeloaders aren't at the bottom; they are the banks, the oil companies, & the war profiteers.
jf
well, as far as heath care goes, it seems to me a big disgrace that we are so willing as a nation to spend untold billions and billions of dollars monthly to wage morally questionable wars around the world, and bail out the elite wealthy on Wall Street, but for some reason we refuse to make sure our own people are able to see a doctor when needed. I'd say making sure our own people have the care that they need ought to be a higher priority.
wow dude, that's really surprisingly mean spirited. I'd never tell you or anyone else they are being paid too much, unless it is one of these big executives of these Wall Street firms or other people making tens and hundreds of millions of dollars a year. You're gonna begrudge someone making $7.50 an hour? That's shameful.
FC
raising the minimum wage accomplishes NOTHING but raising the cost of those goods and services produced by minimum wage workers
you shouldnt be able to live on a burger flippers wage, otherwise there would be no incentive to get into management.
The way the system is set up, it motivates people to excel and succeed because success and hard work pay off
flpping burgers shouldnt
I am where I am in life because of MY actions. So is everyone else.
whatever
there are hospitals in every town where you can go for EMERGENCY treatment, and never pay for it
dont make it sound like people are dropping like flies in the streets for lack of health care.
Not to mention they could, oh i dont know, GET A BETTER JOB that offers them healthcare as part of thier salary............hell, long term McDONALDS employees can get healthcare.
On Universal Healthcare, the US spends more per capita on Healthcare then pretty much any other country. Your government spends more per person on health care then Canada does. Plus you pay insurance on top of that. So how is a system where you put more of your taxes into health care then I do, and you have to pay insurance on top of that better then a socialized system like we have here where the government spends less per person, and we have universal health care?
I'm sorry, but sometimes I think some people get so fixated on "socialism" being "bad" that they are unable to look at things objectively as soon as the word comes up.