Bread and Circuses

[crazychicknlady]

I was listening to Dave Ramsey earlier. He had foks calling in to say who they voted for and why. I am saddened by the number of people ready to live off of money stolen from other people. Why is it so common for people who make less, to think those who make more are unworthy of holding on to the wealth they have earned?

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[crazychicknlady.livejournal.com]

Really bad things can happen to really good, decent, hardworking people, and I believe that it is the fair and decent thing to make sure that we take care of each other when that happens.

I agree. And I think the key to what you said is "we take care of each other". Cut out the middle man. Even if we drop the argument about the ethics of redistribution of wealth, I am passionately convinced that the government does such a poor job with the money it steals, that more people would get the help they need if the government got out of the picture.

Now, some people might not get as much help as they think they need, but some people are just milking the system. I talked with one at a Con once, he was very happy to not work at all by exploiting the system to live on other peoples' money.

The main sense I got from the Obama supporters who called Dave Ramsey's show, was a sense of entitlement. They felt they deserved more money just because they made less than those "rotten" rich people who weren't paying their "fair share". You may see it as fair to pay more, but I don't think anyone has the right to anyone else's hard work, time, life.

PS. If you can handle Anarchist Objectivist Atheists, who am I to quibble.