I know it sounds cruel. But think about it. If you have no worry about where your next meal is coming from, or if you will have shelter, it does lower your incentive to find and work a job. Yes there are people that need help, and they should be helped. But we have far too many capable (in one way or another) people on government assistance because they just don’t want to work if they can live without working. Freedom does not mean getting things for free. In fact getting your needs from someone else is closer to slavery, or has the potential to quickly turn that way.
My point is it’s less likely to ever get to that point if people had that incentive. I have been $50k in debt on credit cards and climbed out of it before without bankruptcy. It can be done if you are diligent. If government wasn’t in the way the job market would vastly improve too. Not to mention it would be easier to start your own business. The regulations are so crazy now you just about need to be a lawyer to start a business, that is not the freedom this country is supposed to stand for. Look I have a mortgage too, and for medical reasons (clusterheadaches.com if you are interested) I don’t have a job, my wife is currently unemployed and looking for another job right now too. Things are bad for me right now. But I know they would be better if the government wasn’t making things difficult on employers. There is a government war on achievement at the moment. We are rewarding failure and punishing success. That is not a healthy situation for the economy and job creation. The way things are now I don’t blame corporations for outsourcing, it’s the only way they can remain competitive in a global market. I have no doubt my wife will find another good job, she is exceptional. We may have to move, but that’s the way it is. Unfortunately it hit us at a very bad time, I’m going to have to do some juggling to make the house payment this month and the end of next month I have nearly $3k in property tax due on my house. I’m selling assets to pay for that. I’m not blind to hardship. I just know things would be better for everyone if taxes were lower and the Gov wasn’t spending so much of our money. Government can’t stimulate the economy by spending money. It isn’t a stimulus when you take the money out of the economy then spend it. The economy is better off if you just leave the money in the economy in the first place. Tax cuts would have helped the economy. that kind of thinking is like thinking your blanket is to short and cutting the bottom off of it and sewing it on the top. It’s stupid, it can’t work. What it did was launder a lot of tax dollars into democrat party coffers. Massive increases in regulation and the additional regulation caused by Obamacare has businesses in an expansion freeze. they are still reading trying to figure out how to move forward without running afoul of the regulation.
Yes, sometimes people need help, but the way things are right now it’s hard to even keep the motivation to try. All the stupid laws that are supposed to “punish the rich” don’t punish the rich, they make it very hard for people trying to accumulate wealth for retirement. It’s stupid to even want to punish the rich, they are the ones giving people jobs. So they were successful, good for them! Their success doesn’t hurt anyone else, even thought that is a popular theory. There isn’t a finite amount of money in the world. There is always room for someone else to come up with a product or service that people want and make a new fortune. And don’t give me the crap about them stealing their money from the poor. They created a product that people wanted to spend their money on because they thought it was of value. Get over it and work your ass off to earn a fortune if you want. You will likely make many other people wealthy along the way, and feed many more families.
dogday Premium Member over 10 years ago
Ahhh, we finally get to it….Truth in Advertising, er, Campaigning. (And again, the LBOTA certainly got his just desserts in her!)
Potrzebie over 10 years ago
The people shouldn’t be afraid of the government. The government should be afraid of the people.
KPOM over 10 years ago
At least Hillary had the decency to wait until Bill was leaving office. That said, Kevin shouldn’t be up for re-election until 2016.
PastStepOne over 10 years ago
I know it sounds cruel. But think about it. If you have no worry about where your next meal is coming from, or if you will have shelter, it does lower your incentive to find and work a job. Yes there are people that need help, and they should be helped. But we have far too many capable (in one way or another) people on government assistance because they just don’t want to work if they can live without working. Freedom does not mean getting things for free. In fact getting your needs from someone else is closer to slavery, or has the potential to quickly turn that way.
knuckler49 over 10 years ago
Does anyone remember the spoof tape of Joe McCarthy that ends, “but, I am the chief, I am the chief, I am the chief…”
PastStepOne over 10 years ago
My point is it’s less likely to ever get to that point if people had that incentive. I have been $50k in debt on credit cards and climbed out of it before without bankruptcy. It can be done if you are diligent. If government wasn’t in the way the job market would vastly improve too. Not to mention it would be easier to start your own business. The regulations are so crazy now you just about need to be a lawyer to start a business, that is not the freedom this country is supposed to stand for. Look I have a mortgage too, and for medical reasons (clusterheadaches.com if you are interested) I don’t have a job, my wife is currently unemployed and looking for another job right now too. Things are bad for me right now. But I know they would be better if the government wasn’t making things difficult on employers. There is a government war on achievement at the moment. We are rewarding failure and punishing success. That is not a healthy situation for the economy and job creation. The way things are now I don’t blame corporations for outsourcing, it’s the only way they can remain competitive in a global market. I have no doubt my wife will find another good job, she is exceptional. We may have to move, but that’s the way it is. Unfortunately it hit us at a very bad time, I’m going to have to do some juggling to make the house payment this month and the end of next month I have nearly $3k in property tax due on my house. I’m selling assets to pay for that. I’m not blind to hardship. I just know things would be better for everyone if taxes were lower and the Gov wasn’t spending so much of our money. Government can’t stimulate the economy by spending money. It isn’t a stimulus when you take the money out of the economy then spend it. The economy is better off if you just leave the money in the economy in the first place. Tax cuts would have helped the economy. that kind of thinking is like thinking your blanket is to short and cutting the bottom off of it and sewing it on the top. It’s stupid, it can’t work. What it did was launder a lot of tax dollars into democrat party coffers. Massive increases in regulation and the additional regulation caused by Obamacare has businesses in an expansion freeze. they are still reading trying to figure out how to move forward without running afoul of the regulation.
Yes, sometimes people need help, but the way things are right now it’s hard to even keep the motivation to try. All the stupid laws that are supposed to “punish the rich” don’t punish the rich, they make it very hard for people trying to accumulate wealth for retirement. It’s stupid to even want to punish the rich, they are the ones giving people jobs. So they were successful, good for them! Their success doesn’t hurt anyone else, even thought that is a popular theory. There isn’t a finite amount of money in the world. There is always room for someone else to come up with a product or service that people want and make a new fortune. And don’t give me the crap about them stealing their money from the poor. They created a product that people wanted to spend their money on because they thought it was of value. Get over it and work your ass off to earn a fortune if you want. You will likely make many other people wealthy along the way, and feed many more families.