Congratulations my fellow americans

[uh-oh]

Originally Posted by boof

legit answer if you're that against socialism then quit reaping its benefits. stay away from public roads, parks, libraries, don't call the police or firefighters in case of an emergency, go ahead and get rid of your trash yourself(works great in india), fork up the dough for your kids private schooling, don't expect social security, and on and on for about 60 more examples

but lets freak out when someone proposes we add health care and 4 years of extra schooling to the list


really though nobody said it was the end all be all "answer" to anything, its two ideas, to help lower the burden we've been enduring for decades. we pay way too much for college and health care. socializing it would help that.

its kind of silly to say things like don't expect social security when you don't have a choice in the matter. if you're legally employed the government takes it whether you agree with it or not. same for all of those things. you're taxed for all of that, and at no point in time are you given the choice to not pay it. unless of course you break the law, work under the table and avoid paying taxes on your earnings.

so its stupid to not get/take advantage of what you are already paying for.

which is already more than enough. we don't need free healthcare. we need free market healthcare. we don't need free college, there are enough jobs unfilled for people without degrees, and more that can always be made. also if the government didnt back the ridiculous loans people take out for college, colleges would be forced to be competitive to get money at all. when they're guaranteed money why not guarantee yourself more?

so to tax people more, for more things they won't have a choice about is stupid.

espescially when you consider the fact they are already completely incompetent when it comes to spending the enormous amounts of money they already receive. but yea lets give them more of our money.

its dumb.