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Originally posted by ztawinthropgirl
Also, I want to ask you a question. I am not trying to offend anyone or flame anyone by this question. If you make a lot of money, does that give you the right to slack off just because you feel like it and you earned a high position/a lot of money on the totem pole? Should you just leave someone hungry or die of a disease because they didn't work as hard as you?
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It should be my personal choice. If I want to give to a charity for poor folks, then that should be my own choice. The system as it is = nothing more than redistribution of the wealth. Classic socialist ideology is becoming very pervasive in our society.
I didn't say that ALL taxes were bad. I'm willing to pay taxes where I can derive some sort of benefit. You are saying that I'm arguing against things that I never mentioned. Yes, the government can do certain things that we as individuals cannot do for ourselves. I know about Furman actually, my youngest brother's fiancee was a Chi-O there
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To sum up my position: I'm not against necessary government services. What I am against is redistribution of the wealth and rewarding laziness and irresponsibility.