Canadians Being Truthful About Socialistic Medical Care

SuddenlyWornOut45 wrote:When did farmers ever need government help? Farmers are supposed to be the most independent group of people out there. I should know as half my family are ex farmers. Thats where a lot of my attitudes and beliefs ultimately came from...tobacco farmers.

I am not denying the need for some taxes, Julie. The need for a certain amount of taxes is obvious and normal. One of our country's founding fathers, Benjamin Franklin once said, "the two things guaranteed in life are death and taxes." He was being semi-sarcastic and funny even, but its true.

The issue down here is TOO MUCH taxation. Its out of hand down here. Too much taxation makes it where the government takes so much of people's earned income that it starts to eventually erode the incentive to even work anymore. If there is nothing in work for you, why bother working? That is what the "big government" espoused by obama and similar leftist democrats believe in. Its all about how big they can get the government.

BlackSpinner wrote:

NateS wrote:

BlackSpinner wrote:

Wow! - Perfectly sums up the ongoing strategy of the Republican Party and their Tea Party sidecar!

A picture is worth a thousand words!

Thanks, Blackspinner!

Nate

Now some folks they wait
And some folks they pray
For jesus to rise up again
But none of these folks
In their holy cloaks
Ever took billy on as a friend
For pity's a crime
And it ain't worth a dime
To a person who's really in need
Just treat 'em the same
As you would your own name
Next time that your heart starts to bleed

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DZet_fx2NQQ

SleepyBobR wrote:Romney's comments clearly disabled his campaign but, to be fair, is there really no problem when the number of people in the US who don't pay any federal income tax is almost 50% and keeps growing? A huge and growing dependent class may be good for the Democrats but it can't be good for the country. Is there anyone here who really doesn't believe that generous entitlements can discourage initiative and are ultimately harmful to some people? People on social assistance lose a dollar of welfare assistance for every dollar earned discouraging them from taking the only jobs that may be available to them because they would be working for nothing. People should always come out ahead after a days work. The tax system should be used to ensure that work is always financially rewarding, encouraging people to try to become independent. No country on Earth spends more money than the US on social programs of all kinds but, 50 years after LBJ's War on Poverty, there has emerged a culture of dependency or partial dependency in the US that simply didn't exist before. I don't have the solution but I suspect it won't be to just continue increasing entitlement spending while vilifying business and capital and driving out the real investments needed to create jobs, wealth and prosperity for all.

SleepyBobR wrote:Anyone else notice that the OP dropped this stink bomb and promptly left the building? Hasn't been seen since page 1.

Well once you say Paul Krugman is a fraud, what is left to say?

ems wrote:Here's a thought ... do ya think SWA17 and SWO45 are a couple? They both use the "F" bomb so eloquently!