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<blockquote data-quote="brett636" data-source="post: 309411" data-attributes="member: 249"><p>Diesel- My figures come straight from <a href="http://www.gao.gov/cghome/dwbiog.html" target="_blank">David Walker, United States Comptroller.</a> According to what he says we need $8 trillion dollars invested at today's treasury rates in order to meet tomorrow's social program entitlement needs. Social programs such as Medicare, Medicaid, and Social Security. We can't afford the programs that we have, yet you wish to add universal healthcare to that list? Social entitlements are any program devised by the government which gives free hand outs in the form of retirement, healthcare, and other basic necessities. I will concede a few people in this country are completely unable to provide these things for themselves, but the vast majority of the people of this nation are not. On the surface these programs appear benevolent, but ultimately they are programs designed to control the people. Allow them to get used to the idea of more government in their lives, and they become easier to control. Thomas Paine once said "<strong>Government, even in its best state, is but a necessary evil; in its worst state, an intolerable one</strong>." The more government we allow into our lives the less freedoms we have, and the weaker we become as both a people and a nation. If you want to suck off the teet of the government fine, go move to a socialist country so that you can live your life knowing big brother(government) will always be there for you. I want no part of it. </p><p></p><p>wkmack- you always try to inject yourself into these debates as though you are providing some kind of new information. I am well aware of the republican's flaws, and you are not needed to point them out. I will never vote for a third party because I may as well not vote at all. I stick with the side that best supports my views and has a real chance at winning an actual election. Once a third party, whose views better reflect my own, win a majority in congress or even show a good shot at the white house I will switch. Until then I cannot stand by and not allow my true voice to be heard by throwing my vote away to a third party candidate who has<strong> no chance </strong>at winning a major election in this country.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="brett636, post: 309411, member: 249"] Diesel- My figures come straight from [URL="http://www.gao.gov/cghome/dwbiog.html"]David Walker, United States Comptroller.[/URL] According to what he says we need $8 trillion dollars invested at today's treasury rates in order to meet tomorrow's social program entitlement needs. Social programs such as Medicare, Medicaid, and Social Security. We can't afford the programs that we have, yet you wish to add universal healthcare to that list? Social entitlements are any program devised by the government which gives free hand outs in the form of retirement, healthcare, and other basic necessities. I will concede a few people in this country are completely unable to provide these things for themselves, but the vast majority of the people of this nation are not. On the surface these programs appear benevolent, but ultimately they are programs designed to control the people. Allow them to get used to the idea of more government in their lives, and they become easier to control. Thomas Paine once said "[B]Government, even in its best state, is but a necessary evil; in its worst state, an intolerable one[/B]." The more government we allow into our lives the less freedoms we have, and the weaker we become as both a people and a nation. If you want to suck off the teet of the government fine, go move to a socialist country so that you can live your life knowing big brother(government) will always be there for you. I want no part of it. wkmack- you always try to inject yourself into these debates as though you are providing some kind of new information. I am well aware of the republican's flaws, and you are not needed to point them out. I will never vote for a third party because I may as well not vote at all. I stick with the side that best supports my views and has a real chance at winning an actual election. Once a third party, whose views better reflect my own, win a majority in congress or even show a good shot at the white house I will switch. Until then I cannot stand by and not allow my true voice to be heard by throwing my vote away to a third party candidate who has[B] no chance [/B]at winning a major election in this country. [/QUOTE]
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