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saintetienne1 year, 8 months ago
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"What do you have to support this allegation?"
I'll field this one. Because I've seen first-hand what people on welfare do with their welfare checks: Buy liquor, buy expensive sneakers, get tattoos and get hair extensions.
So glad Lyndon Johnson's "Great Society" has come to fruition.
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Jaydee401 year, 8 months ago
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So because you claim you say someone did something all people are guilty of it? Sound pretty thin to me, but then again I've seen people use it like it was meant to be used, to get back on their feet again. Maybe people would be better off taking those legal guns and just stealing what they need from people like you who seem to be doing so well according to what you say?
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saintetienne1 year, 8 months ago
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No, Jaydimwit, once again you're off on some kooky tangent. People would NOT be better off taking guns and stealing what they need from people like me. In the United States that's against the law and punishable by prison.
What I AM suggesting is a total, complete stoppage of welfare dollars (which by the way is ALSO stealing from people, but because it's done by the government, it's O.K.). I know that's a shock to someone like you in Cana-duh, which has cradle-to-grave governmental nanny service so that people don't have to work too hard, but in the U.S. we're all about business, capitalism, ingenuity and hard work, and the benefits that come with that. Again, these concepts will be foreign to you, but trust me, they work.
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walden31 year, 8 months ago
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You wrote, "in the U.S. we're all about business, capitalism, ingenuity and hard work, and the benefits that come with that...they work."
If they work so well then why are so many suffering so much?
If taxing to provide food to the hungry, shelter to the cold and medicine to the sick is "stealing" then I'd like to suggest that we immediately stop funding foreign military adventures because that too must be stealing.
Or is it just stealing when we aim to fill and baby's empty belly, but not when we drop bombs on the babies?
Interesting moral compass you got there.
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saintetienne1 year, 8 months ago
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"I'd like to suggest that we immediately stop funding foreign military adventures because that too must be stealing."
How is funding the military stealing?
The military is in place to protect our foreign interests, guarantee our security abroad and guarantee our security at home. In addition, this particular "adventure", as you call it, is bringing freedom, democracy, human rights, security and basic business practices to a hostile, downright scary region of the world that has seen little of that in our lifetime. The more we establish a foothold in Iraq, the better off their people will be due to finally having those things I just listed above. The region will become stable, the U.S. and other countries will want to do business, and greater opporutunities will arise for people who previously had precious little. Already they've experienced free elections, more rights for women, schools built for girls, and the threat of terror is diminished.
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saintetienne1 year, 8 months ago
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CONT.
I'm sorry that all you see is "bombs dropping on babies" and people "suffering so much". Maybe you need some more insights, or to change your outlook. I don't know what's wrong with you, waldork - you're one of the mopiest, angriest, most negative people I've ever come across.
Sure life sucks, there's ugliness and the world doesn't go the way we'd like it to, but why is that the only thing you dwell on? There's far, FAR more good things happening on any given day, in any given spot, than there are bad things. Why do you only see what's wrong? And if you're so concerned, what are YOU doing to right them?
Please don't tell me. I'm really not interested. I'm just bringing up a point.
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RichFatCat1 year, 8 months ago
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Saint: "I'll field this one. Because I've seen first-hand what people on welfare do with their welfare checks: Buy liquor, buy expensive sneakers, get tattoos and get hair extensions...."
Uh, you forgot the dope dealers and the casinos.
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