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okboomer wrote:
OCforAll - just ... WOW!
Do you actually carry a firearm? Do you OC? It would help if you at least provided the state you reside in in your profile ...
Just so I can gain some perspective on your opinions, would you mind telling how old you are? And where you were educated?
I am not calling any names here, but some of what you say reeks to me of entitlement.
Please don't take offense in what I write.
Well, you asked so I'll answer...
Without getting too personal: I'm in my 40's, live in OH, and just recently found out about OC. I've been self-employed since I was a minor (except for a year+ in a labor union while still a teenager), and have employed more than 10 people at one time and on several occasions have not taken a pay check (once for more than five years) rather than lay off employees.
By educated I'm assuming you are asking me where I went to college? Never did.
For some perspective: I believe in personal responsibility but I also know that not everyone is in a position to achieve success on their own. The fact that the most Americans don't even know that they have a right to remain silent
AT ALL TIMES, should be proof enough that we are not brought up with any road maps. Our schools teach us nothing useful as far as I see it. Go look at a HS history book and how they teach nothing more than bullet points. Most major events which have shaped the world over the past 100 years are pretty much unknown to the vast majority of people.
While I do have a problem with the uneducated and unemployed opening up their own private puppy mills, I know enough about history to understand that it's the "uneducated" part that causes this problem, and ever since we switched to a public school system things have gone downhill. Read "The Underground History Of American Education".
Some people need assistance, but it is not a free ride and must come with conditions. Women must be on birth control, all people should pass drug tests, proof of job applications and/or spending the day in school/library, repayment of funds upon employment, etc. The problem isn't with the people who collect welfare, but rather with the way the entire system is designed. You can't release a person into the world at age 17/18 with no education or understanding of reality. I went to public school and they never even taught the true value of a good credit score.
Our prison system is the same way. Rather than spend $70 a day housing a drug addict it makes far more sense (for the rest of us) to put them into a half-way house where they can't get out until they have a college degree and a job. Expunge their record upon completion and give them a do-over.
I believe in Social Darwinism when put in the context that people should be left alone to do with their bodies as they see fit, so long as it doesn't affect others. e.g. If someone wants to shoot drugs then let them. Just don't use public resources when you OD. Rob granny because you need the next fix then your lungs stop moving. Two guys want to duel it out with their Sigs because they don't like the color of each others t-shirt, then set up an arena and let me pay $50 to watch. Want to tell two gay dudes they can't get married, then I should be able to tell you that you can't get married (also something the government should have no part in). Marriage is nothing but a government-sanctioned corporation, hence the reason you need a license.
In short, the government, or anyone else for that matter, has no business telling anyone what to do with their life, "unless" that person comes looking for help and is willing to do the work. Then the government should have the right to tell them precisely how to live their life.
I believe any politician who wants to take away your gun(s) should have to come to your door in person, unarmed, and force you to do so. I also believe all non-individual entities should be taxed, i.e. Churches, non-profits, etc. I don't care who you pray to, but if you're making money then you better be paying taxes. I do not believe in tax brakes for anyone or any thing. I feel that every person, in every state, should be paying the same. i.e. same sales tax, same property tax, same everything. I believe in a progressive tax system like the one we have, something that the majority of people don't understand, have no idea how it works, and never educate themselves on.
As far a health care goes: POTUS, members of SCOTUS, Congress, Veterans, LEO, CEO's, office suits, Warran Buffett, me, you, etc. have no more right to medicine, surgery, chemo, or life-saving care than anyone else does. While Amgen, Pfizer, J&J, etc. may be corporations, they only exist because the people gave them the right to do so. All things modern exist because of all things past. While I wholeheartedly believe in free enterprise (obviously), I do not believe that life-saving drugs belong to only those who can afford them. Not all people have the money or resources.
Another argument would be this: If my tax dollars are spent on things that I do not agree with, by people I did not elect, and those same people gave a drug company tax breaks, special deals, or anything else for that matter, and all of a sudden I need their drug to stay alive but my income level prohibits it, then why on earth shouldn't I have access to their property?
They exist BECAUSE of the people and have taken tax dollars in one way or another, so if they have the magic potion that keeps my kid alive and I can't afford it, then hand it the f-over. I think that's about as basic as it gets.