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Originally Posted by mb
(1) Food
(2) Shelter
(3) Medical care
(4) Opportunity
I don't think that anyone in this country should be hungry or cold or have to worry about not having basic medical care. Furthermore I think that everyone should have opportunity to "improve themselves" through for example equal access to quality K-12 education.
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I agree with you completely. No one in this country should be hungry or cold, or have to worry about not having basic medical care. Everyone in this country IS guaranteed in our Constitution the "right" to aquire those things for themselves, as a result of their own labor. As in.... no one has the right in America to prevent you from finding work, or starting your own business to achieve all of the things in your life that you might want or need for yourself.
By the same token, the government is not required to provide any of these neccessities for you. They are required to stop others from attempting to stop you from trying. Charity is a wonderful thing. I have given freely of my time and my money on numerous occasions, and will probably continue to do so in the future. But "forced charity" is a horrible thing. When the govt provides for someone that has not provided for themselves, the only way they can do that, is via all of our taxes that we pay. The govt has no money of it's own. My taxes should be used for things that I can at least in part derive benefit from. Schools, roads, libraries all qualify. What can I gain from my money going into another mans pocket? It makes me feel good that I can help someone who truly needs it. But that gets back to the whole charity thing again. Taking money from me for charity in my opinion goes against the whole point of the charitable donation, and that point is that it is voluntary. Once it is no longer a voluntary act the value of it is lost.
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