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OK, here it is since some people don't think tax discussions or capitalist v. socialist discussions should be tied to socialist program threads. This the place to tell me why you think you are entitled to take a producers earnings for your own personal socialist pet program.
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Cuz I'm bigger than you!
To view links or images in this forum your post count must be 2 or greater. You currently have 0 posts. I personally like that idea of people contributing to the welfare of the nation. In a perfect society we wouldn't need taxes, but this country isn't perfect and is filled with selfish, greedy bastards who don't give a crap about the country because they only want to maximize their profits. As such, we are a constitutional republic and can pass laws to make people contribute, and if they don't want to then they are free to go elsewhere or face the penalties. So if there was enough support for a socialized health care system, then because we are a government of the people, we would be entitled to create one and tax for it. Of course, it is obvious that the concept of a "democracy" or a "republic" would seem a little too authoritarian for an anarchist, but that is how our founding fathers wanted it and we weren't doing too bad up until about 7 years ago. |
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You=the Government? Me does not equal government, yet |
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if you support and vote for a socialist/liberal form of government, than you do = government. |
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So I as a voter am fully responsible for anything the Government then does post-election? Hmm...ok. |
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*Jumps aboard thread derailment* |
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OK, but aren't they only made accountable at the next ballot? How else could they be accountable, short of storming the Parliament? |
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LOL I get a big kick out of you spouting the conservative mantra "America Love it, or Leave it." It must be the Wyoming upbringing. Do you have the bumper sticker? |
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I do not care for the proliferation of social programs because that's all legalized plunder. In some slight ways, yes - as a society, there should be a few safety nets, but I think that if this were the case, it should be very finite and strictly enforced. We in the USA instead loosely enforce this and seemingly try to find and allow more exceptions to enable more people to leech from this plunder.
Kind of how you might have heard the warning, "Do not feed the animals" - many modern social programs only seem to encourage the so-called less fortunate to prefer to remain that way, instead of holding them accountable to their actions and inspiring them to make the necessary life changes to get out of the rut. In the sense of the animals, they end up becoming a nuisance since they abandon their natural instincts and begin to harass those who they think should just be providing them food. I oppose socialized healthcare not only for my distrust in government and its bureaucracy, but because to do such a thing ultimately limits MY choices. This is parallel to taking away some of my freedom. A better compromise would be to require certain levels of insurance coverage, much like most states have requirements to do so before you can drive your car on the road. That way, you have the ability to choose from the different providers AND you have the coverage. AND, if you keep yourself healthy, you're rewarded with lower premiums. Federal minimum ought to be eliminated in favor of whatever the states decide. This is more complimentary to the free market system and economics than by forcing everyone into a one-size fits all approach. High minimum wages raise the cost of inputs, and you also raise the bar higher such that there remain even fewer unskilled people that are appropriate for any task. Nobody with half a brain will be inclined to pay someone $10/hr for a $5/hr task - especially in a state or rural area where $$ is not plentiful. A high wage might suit NY or CA whereas a low one might best suit WY or MT. |
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A liberal with a conservative upbringing is a dangerous thing.
True. People aren't perfect. That's why compromise is usually a good solution.
First one.
Censure, impeachment, judiciary process... |
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This is ultimately incorrect. There is a distinction between the state and government. For example, George Bush is part of the American government. However, the bureaucracy, fire departments, police, etc are part of the state. Governments may come and go (depending on who's in power at a given time) but the state goes on. |
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WARNING Cold hearted bastard moment coming up.
I wasn't arguing about collecting taxes, even though you are wrong here, the 16th amendment allowed income tax (and there is still an argument over whether it was properly ratified, FYI), what you cited was for use taxes. I was asking where do they have the power to institute a Federal health care program. |
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How do you know who is a piss, poor, planning individual and who is somebody with just shitty luck?
Actually, there are far more charities today than ever before. With a larger, more diverse population, it is very hard to satisfy the need with just private charities.
Such people exist. But there are many, many more who do have genuine need.
Well, it's certainly nice to know how much we are appreciated while we're busting our asses in college and going into debt so we can get decent jobs and pay for the social security of all you old farts. I mean, we should know better with all the kids we are squeezing out. Obviously, it really doesn't matter that we have significantly lower birth rates than previous generations. But yeah, life is much easier for us since we only have to get a masters degree to get any professional occupation anymore.
Apples to oranges. Prohibition was outlawing alcohol. Setting up a health care system would be "providing for the general welfare." |
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Interesting, how you paint with such broad strokes, and apparently bundle all socialists together. |
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Are you advocating revisiting the Hippocratic oath, or having it overriden by administrators?
There still are a lot of charities, because the system does not treat everyone, and many hard luck cases fall between the cracks. That said though, I agree with you to the extent that I believe in individual responsibility, and not having a system which enables people to make poor choices and avoid responsibility for them.
Yes, agree with this also. We are a soft couple of generations, and probably a soft society too. Travel to a place like India, or any other Third world nation, and you realize how damn lucky we are, and how little we expect of ourselves, in return. Fail to work in India, and you starve and die. Catch Polio, and you lose a limb, and you won't have been immunized against it. |
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Call me heartless. Call me a capitalist pig. I know it's a crazy idea, but I beleive the money I bust my ass making should be mine to do with as I please. Some one in this string was talking about fairness.... Is it fair that I have to work for a living just to give my hard earned earnings to some one who doesn't?
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Do you want to live in a society, or a collection of individuals in a barbaric condition? The choice is pretty simple. |
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It's not heartless, it makes sense. but this is not what I'm talking about. I'm not saying we have to take the food right off your plate or anything like that. If your money is hard earned, then it is. |
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OMG why do I get the impression that Americans see this topic as black and white? Am I wrong? Because just in case I'm right: There are middle grounds between 100% socialism and hardcore capitalism.
Cheers! |
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Indeed! |
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Their are a basic set of needs that all humans have such as food, shelter, and energy to survive to the end of the week. There are others that are not of immediate need but will be needed at some point such as healthcare and police. Others are nice to have such transport, entertainment, and education.
The basic assumption is that everyone has equal capacity to earn. Yet your capacity to earn is dependent on you health, your location, your education etc. Your needs remain static. In the great depression for example, the capacity to earn was removed from many more yet they still must eat. It is not that hard to meet the basic needs of everyone. You are not handing out BMW's and holidays in the sun to all. You meet only the basic needs. If you want more, luxury products, then you have to work for them. If people can work to fulfil those basic needs then you it covered. If they cannot do so then they will do whatever they can to meet them. You criminalise being poor. The US does not have work schemes that allow everyone to work for a meal. A widow left alone with 4 kids is unable to do anything but childcare for example. If you do have a situation where a man is on a "make work" scheme for survival rations then he is going to see that he put in the hours of another man yet gains nothing from it. This will lead to conditions as in the French revolution. You are only stable if there is a good size middle class too. They can see both places to rise and fall to and hold the status quo out of fear of losing their own comfortable lives. They see the poor as criminal vermin that should be exterminated, seeing only their impact on their own little lives. Yet the actions of the poor are a direct result of their poverty. If they were raised to middle class, the need for their actions would vanish. Without the poor though, the middle class now sees itself as the poor and you get the revolutionary scenario. |
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Last edited by xhaan; 01-18-2008 at 07:54 AM.
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I'm in my early thirties you silly whippersnapper. I'll never seen a dime of Social Security, which incidentally was sold as an insurance program, where TPTB would hold and invest your money, and not as the giant ponzi scheme it is. Furthermore, the fact I was a successful business owner prior to dropping out of the system, means I've paid butt loads of cash in that hole.
That's not my job to decide, but I GUARANTEE you charities would be better at deciding this than a bureaucrat.
Find a source to prove this, based on per capita from now and pre-income tax. You won't.
Boy want to talk about a broad interpretation, that would work for killing Iraqi civilians, banning gay marriage, gun laws, and drug laws. Obviously you are alone with this thinking, because even TPTB used the interstate commerce clause to justify the establishment of antigun and antidrug laws. |
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IM done talking about how socialism sucks and it leads to more suffering than the alternatives. I will therefore just watch you fight it out Prometheus, and throw in an encouraging "Yeah!! what he said!!" occasionally
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Works for me, as a libertarian I respect your right to do as you want. |
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