stevegeebe wrote on Aug 11th, 2009 at 10:06pm:I'm tired of working my butt off for other people who decide not to work and contribute.
Why, when there is so much to do in this Country, do we just give people money to sit on their butts and do absolutely nothing?
Who are the real villains here?
Am I morally corrupt for thinking this way? Am I sinister in thinking that this expansion of entitlements is a guise for liberals to prepay for the upcoming election votes? Tell me, is someone who is the recipient of Government handouts,(rent subsidies, food stamps, free medical care...), likely to keep voting for a Party that is in favor of a continuation of these policies? Am I cynical?
I would be less discouraged if I could see my tax contributions manifested in a programs that resulted in work that fixed things that needed fixing and teach the participants a trade and ultimately instilled pride thereby becoming contributing participants in the system. With that, maybe we all would have contribute less because less would be in the trough.
Steve G
I agree with you TOTALLY Steve. Everyone can do SOMETHING. (With the exceptions of the totally elderly and totally handicapped - those may need a little help but...).
If the government wants to REALLY help out people ... set up some DAY CARE CENTERS and HIRE some people to run them. Give those mothers on welfare a place to put their kids so they can go to work (they can always hire some Grandparents to man the daycare centers - who better - might teach the kids something!).
Prisons could become self-supporting (the were at one time) - they could PRODUCE what they eat - do their own laundry, etc -- save the taxpayers that much. It's ridiculous to spend $30-40,000 a year to HOUSE a prisoner.
LIke I said, instead of food stamps we could go back to "commodities" - the government can buy those from our farmers. It worked good for a number of years and feed our elderly and poor people well.
If they're not going to eliminate the IRS, then overhaul the IRS code and get it into working order. Start from page ONE and rewrite it - take out the loopholes and make it READABLE and fair to all.
Congress needs to quit spending time on BS and start working for the American people... All this BS stuff needs to be left to the state legislatures - they can handle all that stuff (or the Congressman's secretary can do it with a form letter - it doesn't need the whole damn HOuse to vote on it and waste an hour!).
In other words -- Congress needs a REALITY CHECK!!!
I'm still mad about reading what they ACTUALLY do all day while they're in session!
Hugs BD