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Originally Posted by jspaeth
One of the main reasons we ARE in a hole is because the government continues to spend, spends, spend and print more money.
...for such awesome programs as Medicare, Medicaid, and Social Security.
All of which are wealth redistribution.
Even SS, everyone pays the same "percentage," but then when it comes time to reap the benefits, everyone recieves essentially the same.
Again, another example of successful people paying more to get LESS.
THAT is why our country is going down the tubes
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The programs you listed above are far from the villans you make them out to be. Medicare, medicaid, and social security are all useful programs. They're just very poorly run like every other government program. If you wanna make up some scapegoat programs I would hope you could do better then that.
The REAL problem with this country is our own paranoia. The lawyers run this country and THAT is why we're fucked. America hasn't been the land of the free for decades. The lawyers also encourage the public to no longer take responsibility for their own actions. Fall and hurt yourself because you tripped on a pothole while you were yaking on the cellphone? It's not your fault, it's the city's, you should sue them... Our paranoia has also extended to our children. People are too afraid to let their kids just go out and play anymore. Now we have "playdates" and video games instead of a park, some friends, and some toys. Our children are over cottled and under-equipped to go out and survive on their own. It is our own SOCIETY that is fucking this country, not government.