Quote from oktiri:
I think the underlying idea of your argument is that people who have more money are somewhat worth more than people without, and discounting the concept of "social elevator", whereas a citizen born poor and on the receiving end might and could get rich, affluent and pay more than his fair share of the societal tax burden over his lifetime.
Even worse, you seem to see everything through the deforming prism of cash flow. If I were to think this way, my wife is useless, I've been an incredible and heavy drag on my parents, every time someone demonstrates some goodwill towards me,I should immediately translate the perceived happiness into money and pay him/her accordingly.
Your vision of society conflicts with democracy, so instead of accusing Obama of communism, maybe you should be honest with yourself and start advocating feudalism, cause that's what you believe in.
We are all outraged & angry at people who abuse the social safety net and repeatedly fail to fulfill their responsibilities towards society. However, to take this Anger to a level where I throw away the entire concept of democracy for the simple reason that I think of myself as being "better" and more responsible is ludicrous.
I know many many people who gave up well paying jobs and opportunities to purse more altruistic careers.
I've seen my own father, an orthopedic surgeon, spend countless hours directing events for "Special Olympics." a NIL financial proposition...and Yet, he's never as happy as when he sees a smile on a retard's face.
money has its limits. I'm not for Communism, and neither am I for clinically cleaned gated communities
Or we can just follow your model and let IL NY and CA decide for the rest of the nation, since most Red states are living off earmarks directed to them by "small government" conservatives.
How much is NY /CA/ IL getting back for each $ paid to the feds ?
