Julie wrote:People who assign 'rights' to themselves, then focus so much of their rhetoric on keeping them rather than on seeing that everyone benefits remind me of Marie Antoinette and her spectacular ignorance of everyone else's poverty, believing they all had access to cake. And people who continue to label those people socialists when they dare to strive just for parity (equality is idealistic, but not always realistic, though one should never stop trying) should begin calling the others fascists (maybe it's time)! The trouble with them is they are so paranoid, so focused on their rights - whichever ones you like - that they blunder over everyone else's rights to a decent life.
Could this possibly have a vague resemblance of maybe healthcare rights or gays and lesbians looking for marriage rights. I have no problem with anyone fighting to have laws insuring them a right to buy medical insurance and not have it based on preexisting conditions. I do have a problem with totally destroying the existing system and throwing everyone else's healthcare insurance into jeopardy, to benefit a select few! Then they want us to also pay higher taxes so they can have it at little to no cost. My wife and I pay dearly for the insurance we have, and believe me we don't have
access to cake or
live in luxury.
As far as marriage rights, I don't believe the government should be involved in anything to do with marriage. Marriage is a religious union between 1 man and 1 woman and a promise to God. I take my vows seriously, I have been married to my wife for 35 years. If you truly believe in God, then you understand that God condemns the gay life style, and that a christian should not condone a gay or lesbian marriage! Whatever form of governmental union the government wants to set for them, I could care less! Just don't ask me to accept the term "marriage" or "Holy matrimony" when used to unite gays or lesbians!
When it comes to "Life", there is no such thing as
equality! Some baby's die at birth, while the majority live. Some are born to mothers that have them addicted to drugs before ever even seeing the world outside the womb! How are you going to give them equality? In order to be equal, all babies would have to be still born or die at birth to have "true equality"! To have "true equality", everyone would have to contribute toward taxes and pay their "fair share", no matter how little they make! Ever notice that someone doing the same job as you may make more or less money, depending on the company you work for or where you live? There will "never" be true equality in this world here on earth!
I don't assign myself rights, I, you, and everyone else has certain inalienable rights, that come from God, not government! God never once promised anyone equality or an easy life while here on earth. We are supposed to deal with the problems that life throws at us, and cope the best we can, while maintaining our trust and faith in God. Not expecting the government to take from others and giving to us, to make our lives easier. I have worked since I was 14 years old, most of those years, I have worked over 50 hours per week and up to 80 hours per week to support my family. It's never been easy, I would have loved to be home more with my kids and my wife, taken more vacations, enjoyed more time off from work. So for
you to assume that I'm some rich guy not wanting to hand out my hard earned money to everyone else is insulting and infuriating! For over 20 years, my family and I had no insurance and couldn't afford it, we didn't expect everyone else to pay for us. We paid our medical bills out of our pocket, including the cost of the birth of our 2 children. It took us several years to pay it, but we did. According to your statement, everyone should give up the money they have worked hard for and give it to others, so they can have things that your family is doing without! I'm having to drive my dad's car right now, because mine is broke down and I don't have the money to fix it, maybe I should have you send me the $1200 that it's going to cost to fix my car! While your at it, add another $1000 so that I can catch up on my house payments, so that we don't get evicted and foreclosed on! I have only been able to work part time for the last 1-1/2 years, due to medical problems. Anywhere from 1 to 3 days a week, if I'm lucky. My wife works for the local school system and is just now getting back to work. Everyone has problems, but unlike a lot of people, I don't expect you, the government or anyone else to give me your money to make my life easier! So get off your high horse and quit thinking that everyone that is conservative or Republican is some greedy rich guy.
Maybe you should send your speech to the great entertainers in Hollywood, the music industry and sports world, since most of them are very liberal. While they think the corporate's should pay more in taxes, they live in 20 to 100 million dollar mansions! Rich, greedy people don't just exist in the conservatives and republican side. Look at Al Gore, he has made 100's of millions of dollars selling his phony global warming crap, while owning something like 7 houses, flying all over the world in his private jet, to give speeches about his phony crap! His house here in Tennessee has an average electric bill of over $10,000 a month, and he is seldom there. But, as american citizens we all need to cut back on the "footprints" that we are leaving on the environment. Even Democrats will lie, cheat and steal to stick money in their pocket, he has made plenty through his company that sells "carbon credits"! Little of that money goes back into the economy to fix air or water pollution, instead it goes in his pocket.
Julie wrote:What's so admirable about limiting taxation?
Oh I don't know, maybe I would like to keep what I work so hard for! If I could keep more of my money maybe I could make my house payment and fix my car. Maybe if those greedy rich people could keep a little more of their money they could develop new drugs to fight disease and illness, create new jobs for researchers to find ways to eradicate cancer and HIV! Maybe even hire more people to do research and development in the sleep apnea field, to see what causes it, how to stop it, make better devices to treat it, make more comfortable mask. But, then after spending all this money in research and development, there is "no way", these people should be able to sell their products for a profit and make back their investment, let alone make a profit! That's to much like a "free market"... capitalism, the root of all evil! Maybe if lower and median income people could keep a little more of their money, they could afford to buy new cars, appliances, tv's and cell phones, which would put people back to work making these products for them to buy! Builders building more homes and manufacturing facilities...
Julie wrote:The point of it is to give everyone (including those who through no fault of their own may not have fallen into gravy, no matter how hard or even smart they work) at least a semblance of civilized life, and if it takes a bit more at times to make that happen, well there are worse things than going without luxury for a while too - luxury too often achieved by stomping on others.
Most people understand there are people out there that have been dealt a bad hand in life, it happens! There is a lot of help out there for these people, they just have to find it! Churches, organizations, charities and other government agencies cover a lot of this, but not all. Then you have friends and family that can try to help the best that they can. But, you can't fix everything for everybody. The people that you are talking about is a very small minority in this country. Most people, even on welfare and food stamps, have it better here than some well off people in other countries. The average home has 3 Tv's, most have cell phones and internet service, food on the table and a roof over their head. Even in today's world that
is considered a "civilized life" even considered "luxury" in some corners of the world! Some people, though homeless, don't want help, they want to be left alone. Some people think that the government should give them everything they want, not need, but want. Some think that they should be allowed to sponge off of other peoples money and not have to get a job, even though they are able to work. If the system was run properly, where the people that truly needed help, could get it and the deadbeats forced to go get a job, if they want a place to stay and food to eat, then I don't think you would hear an argument out of anyone! The trouble is that the government has never done a good job of policing these programs, and to much corruption has been allowed to overwhelm these programs, so that the people that really need the help are usually the last ones to receive the help!
People die every day in automobile accidents, it's a fact of life. The only way to stop it is to ban automobiles! Some things you can't change, no matter how much you want too! Oh, you can change it, but, at what dire consequences to others! Should we let the government start choosing what person should die, so that another can live?
