Conservative65
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I don't have a problem, to use your words, shaming them. Twice in my life I've been in a situation where I qualified on paper to receive handouts. Because I practice what I preach, I didn't take a dime because, as I've said, one person doesn't deserve what another person has earned unless the one providing it does so willingly.
That's exactly the kind of attitude I'm talking about. Self-righteous horseshit, and frankly, stupid. We're all forced to pay taxes for those programs. There's nothing at all wrong with using them to the fullest extent one qualifies. Are you consistent in this view? Do you also refuse to drive on public streets or send your kids to public schools? By your reasoning, shouldn't you be refusing all the benefits accrued from compulsory taxation?
It's not self righteous in any way. All it says is that I practice what I preach, therefore, there's nothing wrong with expecting other to do what I've already done.
There is something wrong. No one deserves another person's money. Thomas Sowell said it best with "what is your fair share of what someone else has worked for?" Too many people say those that earn what they have are greedy for not wanting to share it. Sharing doesn't involve a mandate from the taker but a willful act by the giver. It's not greedy to want to keep what you've earned but it damn sure it when you demand something that someone else earned as if it's owed to you.
I pay the taxes that help fund the streets and the public schools despite having sent mind to private school. A better question is shouldn't those that don't pay the taxes that fund the handouts they get not get them?
Do you keep some kind of balance sheet? A running tally of the market value of the government services you use offset by the taxes that you pay? Because if you don't, I don't know how you can be sure that you're not benefiting from tax money that's taken from someone else. You also can't know what that balance sheet of someone on welfare is. They may have paid more taxes already than you or I ever will. So your judgement is scattershot at best.
That's not necessary. All I need to know is that I pay and many who benefit don't. I'll be glad to compare tax history with some welfare recipient. I've yet to find one that was willing to do so.