Yes, that's why this country is in the state that it's in. Everybody (well, OK, not everybody) is looking for a handout. I'm not rich by any stretch but I would sooner get out there and make my own way than sit on my fat a$$ munching Mallomars and waiting for my government check to arrive. If that's what you want, fine. I don't.SportsFan68 wrote: It sounds good, SirG, and it would be good, if everybody were like you. But everybody isn't like you, far from it.
We are not in depressed times as we were in the 20's and 30's. The US of A is more prosperous now than it has ever been. We do not need drastic measures such as the ones Roosevelt implemented. At the time, they were great ideas and they got the country back on its feet. Now, we need to empower the people to make more of their own decisions - not less! If people cannot manage their own funds, that's their problem and they need to find ways to dig themselves out of that hole. Get the governement out of the bail-out business.That's how we got Social Security -- we could deal with the problem of people who were destitute after the retirement or death of the primary breadwinner by forcing them to save, or we could deal directly with the destitution, which often included people dying of starvation or freezing or living homeless. Roosevelt implemented a way to make people save.
So, then, you believe that Socialism is the way to go? Tax the rich to death; take away their incentives for becoming successful and re-distribute it to the poor? Why on earth would I would to go out and make my fortune only to know that Mrs. Clinton is going to take it away and give it to the Mallomar munchers? Sorry, I do not agree with you.A history prof told me that many of the institutions we hold dear were espoused by Eugene Debs when he couldn't get elected as a socialist candidate for President, but his programs happened anyway for the reasons he was espousing them -- a more livable, more sustainable society.
What do mean by single-payer Health System. if you mean that everybody goes out and looks for their own insurance and pays their own way, then I'm all for that. But to add and/or raise taxes to help pay for a Socialist Health-Care system that is doomed to corruption and failure is pure madness. IMO.I asked a short while ago why everybody on this Bored who's so opposed to single payer health insurance for everybody isn't taking on Medicare in the same breath .... er, posts. Still no answer, unless I missed it.
Again, Medicare and Social Security were terrific implementations in their time. And, like millions of other baby boomers I have put (or was forced to put) thousands of dollars into it which I will expect to get out of it once I reach that age. But, like every other government implementation, it too will fail under its own weight. I would strongly favor doing away with Medicare and Social Security and having people "forced" to put away for themselves for their own retirement.
It's time to get out of the nanny-state mentality.
