georgew Wrote:You guys are missing the picture here. When you wish only to see the imperfections of the country, that's all you will ever see.
When you wish the govt. to be some benevolent benefactor lifting all the poor and downtrodden from every conceivable quagmire, you have lost touch with reality, or never had it to start with.
I wish all those that think the govt can do it all for everyone, would just go ahead and have a 100% payroll deduction from their income, evenly distribute all their assets, and then see if they have made an impact on society!
Of course the answer will be a resounding NO!!!!! There are people who will never be productive because they are leechs(period). They prefer your assets as opposed to building their own. Then there are those that are incapable, those are the ones we wish to reach but can't seem to because of the leechs. W have the STUPID that wish to blast every effort made by those that wish to help by training and instruction, not offering free rides to leechs.
I'm no world traveler but I have been in countries that have offered free everything and you know what, their system sucks!!!!! The average citizen is better of as one of the leechs I spoke of earlier. Their govt is weak because the people are weak. Go to France, England or Switzerland, you would be surprised that you can't have a/c in a Swiss Hotel till after a certain date in the spring. That's contolling! Now go to some of the so-called third world countries and you will find people in the same shape as those oppressed by taxation in the so-called more civilized countries.
You have to accept a medium point! If you can't stand it here, you won't be able to stand it anywhere! :bang:

WOW!!!!!!
I WOULD LIKE TO PRINT THAT ON ONE OF THOSE LEAFLETS THAT ARE SO POPULAR IN IRAQ, AND DROP THEM ALL OVER THE UNITED STATES!!!!!
AWESOME POST, MY MAN!!!!!!!!