The same can be said for senior citizens who receive social security and medicare and feel they are entitled to it. It also has produced millions who don’t want to work and gives money and health benefits even when there is no legitimate need. When people see seniors milking the system like they do, how can you blame younger people for not trying to get their share before the system collapses?
I was referring to specific historical events which has nothing to do with divergent viewpoints. Anyone can look up the historical facts so they should not generally be a matter of debate or disagreement. This is particularly pertinent with regard to charitable Catholic institutions: were they or were they not able to satisfy the needs of the disadvantaged prior to ‘big government’ stepping in?
The Church did and continues to work with the poor and disadvantaged. There are millions of success stories. Have they satisfied ALL the needs of the disadvantaged prior to big government? No.
Oi, would that all my problems could be this easily summed up (and solved) with one-line generalizations.
Social security is not a welfare program despite your uninformed opinions. Every person that is on social security has contributed to it earlier in life. Who made you God to decide how people can spend their money, their time later in life. As for your 100 years ago rant, what was the life expectancy back then? Not as high as today and for you to say that its laziness is beyond contempt and sinful.
Not drought, not war, not poor harvests, not a lack of personal responsibility, not a lack of jobs? I think you might have simplified the cause a wee bit.
Personal attacks are forbidden on the Forum: “your uninformed opinions,” “who made you God,” “you…are beyond contempt and sinful.”
When you take from people who work, and give to people who don’t work that is the textbook definition of a welfare program. Many people who receive Temporary Assistance to Needy Families have paid various taxes in their lifetimes, does the payment of taxes make something not a welfare program?
If people are able to work, but choose not to work because they get government money is not laziness? So according to your theory we all should be perfectly free to stop working and give us money if we can convince the government to give it to us.
The question is: Are most 62 -70 year olds able to work? If they are and they choose not to, then that is clearly laziness. To demand that people like me continue to work and pay for their health care and SS is greedy. For example, seniors today did not pay taxes for Medicare part D, so they have no way to claim that they are entitled it. Yet try and cut it and watch them scream. That my friend is greed.
One only has to look at the former Soviet Union to see what happened.
Most of which can be attributed to government.
Sure, they stopped the rain, they poured salt on the soil, they caused the lack of agricultural jobs, they denied people food. You Republicans just amaze me.
There is no reason for grain to rot or be eaten by rats in warehouses and on docks.
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You are quite right, but your responses don’t address your accusation that Big Government is the cause of poverty in the world. It just isn’t that simple.
How about a contributing factor?
What I am saying is it’s not lack of resources, it’s governments that get in the way of efficient allocation of resources. You can make it as complicated as you want, but it boils down to ideology.
Bingo! As government grows it becomes more intrusive and becomes a disincentive to innovation and risk.
How are hurricanes and tornadoes and drought part of ideology? What can government do about these natural phenomena that get in the way of efficient allocation of resources?
I guess you don’t know history or current events at all. Governments cause wars. Governments control crop planting, and yes they deny people food. Please pick up a newspaper and read it once in the while.
