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Current Events => General Discussion => Topic started by: Thor on April 25, 2011, 02:43:14 PM
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The welfare state seems to be corrupting some of our core moral principles.
That wasn't its intention, but if there is one thing we know about government programs, it is that they rarely do what they were intended to do. This moral corruption is eminently on display in the increasingly common, and increasingly loud, protests over cuts in state budgets, and we will soon see it in the looming fight over whether to raise the federal debt ceiling.
To be specific: The welfare state encourages people to ignore, to violate--even to pretend does not exist--the moral principle that it is wrong to live at other people's expense.
That is a fundamental pillar of an enlightened moral life--indeed what distinguishes a barbaric social order from a civilized one. The fact that most human societies have historically disregarded it, and many still do, does not change the fact that it is morally wrong to live off of the fruits of others' labor.
more here (http://www.forbes.com/2011/04/25/welfare-labor-immoral.html)
Calling a spade a spade....... :II:
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You get more of whatever you are willing to pay for, from Global
Warming Climate Change studies to welfare mothers.
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Good article. Too bad the libs can't understand this most basic principle.
My life is mine. You don't own my life. Therefore, you don't own my time or what I do with my time.
Forcing me to provide for you involves allocating my time for you, without compensation. And that is wrong.
Therefore, the welfare state is wrong.
Simple.
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Good article. Too bad the libs can't understand this most basic principle.
My life is mine. You don't own my life. Therefore, you don't own my time or what I do with my time.
Forcing me to provide for you involves allocating my time for you, without compensation. And that is wrong.
Therefore, the welfare state is wrong.
Simple.
That's what that one guy from Hannity forum was trying to say. The kind of weird one. It's basically "slavery" in a sense.
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more here (http://www.forbes.com/2011/04/25/welfare-labor-immoral.html)
Calling a spade a spade....... :II:
Yes Thor, I understand your reference to a garden implement.
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Yes Thor, I understand your reference to a garden implement.
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