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Am I my brother's keeper?

mlincolnmlincoln Member Posts: 5,039 ✭✭✭
edited October 2012 in General Discussion
Lots and lots and lots of folks going on disability, on unemployment for year after year. All the latest studies show that disability applications peak during long periods of high unemployment. The new disability regs make it possible to get disability for neuro-muscular problems, which doctors admit are essentially impossible to independently verify. If a patient says it hurts, well then, it hurts. Here's your disability check. Now you can go fishing and hunting while everybody else trudges off to work.

Everybody likes to talk about how they've paid taxes for years and they're just getting their money back, but we all know that's not true. If that was the case, they're be no budget deficits. 1 in 4 adult Americans lives on government money.

So then, am I my brother's keeper? Should I as an able-bodied fellow pay for food and shelter for those who can't and/or won't work? There's nothing in the Constitution that says I should have to, but there is a lot in the Bible that says I should. I am a merciful fellow and I think some of my tax dollars should go to those who are truly crippled, but why should I have to pay a ton of money to some super fat guy who says his back hurts (You're 150 pounds overweight, of course it hurts!) or some guy who lives in Montana and says he can't find work (Of course you can't find work. You live around a bunch of trees. Move to a city where there are jobs.)

So am I my brother's keeper?
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  • spasmcreekspasmcreek Member Posts: 37,717 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    a good society has an obligation to help the truly mentally and physically impaired ..beyond that is BS for lazy, whiny, leeches that deserve nothing....lengthy paid vacations for those that do not want to work or those that have a sore spot are a travesty against those required to pay for this..i can count on both hands those in this small town of around 1100 that deserve NOTHING...AND those that ruin themselves on drugs then want a free ride are disgusting
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  • TooBigTooBig Member Posts: 28,559 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Sorry to say it's getting out of hand and the Gov does nothing to curb it and Yes there are many that truly need the help and I support that. How many abuse it just look ate the credit cards the gov issues and it shows they are used overseas, casino's, booze and they can stop it in it's tracks.

    If a person uses their credit card overseas the card company knows in seconds where and when it was used so the gov can do the same and ban the person that miss uses the cards. The only way obama can buy votes is with no control on the Welfare and food stamp program and someone has to pay for it NOTHING is free.
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  • jev1969jev1969 Member Posts: 2,691
    edited November -1
    I think it was Jefferson that said something to the effect of "a democracy will only last until the people realize that they can vote themselves generous gifts from the public treasury". Well, the people have realized it. It's probably the only reason Democrats get elected in the first place today.
    Liberals don't think the same way as conservatives. They are baffled by us. Thats why on numerous occasions you will hear the liberal talking heads ask in bewilderment why they (conservatives) vote against their own self interest? They can't comprehend that not all people in this country are looking for a free lunch.
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