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<blockquote data-quote="PobreCarlos" data-source="post: 935442" data-attributes="member: 16651"><p>804brown;</p><p></p><p>Think you've got things a little scrambled there, guy. Just "wanting" health care isn't a bad thing...but constantly demanding that SOMEONE ELSE pay for it gets to sound a little boorish! By the same token, there's nothing wrong with just "wanting" jobs for everyone...but when people like you never OFFER jobs, but simply insist over and over that OTHER PEOPLE provide them, then THAT TOO begins to sound a little boorish.</p><p></p><p>Yeah, it's "rigged system" alright. 47% of the country's households pay NO FEDERAL INCOME TAX AT ALL! Who's paying them then? People like you? Yeah....right! And "yes", a bunch of people have shown "initiative"" and have "gone to college"...but when it comes to showing the type of "initiative" that CREATES businesses that have jobs to OFFER, it seems many of them have been found wanting, and are left crying "gimme, gimme" as well.</p><p></p><p>Remember JFK's inaugural when he called-out "Ask not what your country can do for you, but what YOU can do for your country"? Well, just hows does that sort of commentary sit with the "gimme, gimme" crowd? Why does it appear that they've somehow changed it around to "ask what my country can GIVE me"?</p><p></p><p>Yeah there are some "brave souls" out there. No doubt it takes a lot of "bravery" to essentially yell "gimme, gimme" over and over again, while effectively demanding that OTHERS provide for them what they, THEMSELVES, are either incapable or unwilling of providing. "No", our "present system" doesn't "work" for everyone...but that's primarily because PEOPLE ARE SUPPOSED TO WORK FOR THEMSELVES AND NOT COUNT ON "THE SYSTEM" TO DO THEIR WORK FOR THEM!! Too many people today apparently have the same attitude that you do; i.e. - that "the system" OWES them a living. 'Course, guess we ought to give credit to those who are "expending the effort to expose" that "fact". Gosh knows that's a worthy path to take in life; i.e. - expending "effort" to "expose" the fact that rest of the world isn't voluntarily handing ITS hard-earned wealth over to them. What a "sacred" calling!</p><p></p><p>Wow, how could we fail to acknowledge the COURAGE and INTEGRITY of such real "HEROES", 'eh? What a TRAVESTY! (and "yes", I'm speaking sarcastically) Not sure if they have "the balls" or not....but those "heroes" sure as the Devil have a history of being cheeky enough to demand over and over again that OTHER PEOPLE supply their needs.</p><p></p><p>Tell you what, "804"; why don't *YOU* make a point of supplying the "wants" of that crowd, instead of constantly making MORE demands on those who are ALREADY contributing to society a thousands times as much as you'll ever likely even dream of coughing-up? Sound like a plan? Think you've got "the balls" for that? And do you think the REST of the "gimme, gimme" crowd has "the balls" to "expend effort" in THAT direction alongside you?</p><p></p><p>I'm betting not.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="PobreCarlos, post: 935442, member: 16651"] 804brown; Think you've got things a little scrambled there, guy. Just "wanting" health care isn't a bad thing...but constantly demanding that SOMEONE ELSE pay for it gets to sound a little boorish! By the same token, there's nothing wrong with just "wanting" jobs for everyone...but when people like you never OFFER jobs, but simply insist over and over that OTHER PEOPLE provide them, then THAT TOO begins to sound a little boorish. Yeah, it's "rigged system" alright. 47% of the country's households pay NO FEDERAL INCOME TAX AT ALL! Who's paying them then? People like you? Yeah....right! And "yes", a bunch of people have shown "initiative"" and have "gone to college"...but when it comes to showing the type of "initiative" that CREATES businesses that have jobs to OFFER, it seems many of them have been found wanting, and are left crying "gimme, gimme" as well. Remember JFK's inaugural when he called-out "Ask not what your country can do for you, but what YOU can do for your country"? Well, just hows does that sort of commentary sit with the "gimme, gimme" crowd? Why does it appear that they've somehow changed it around to "ask what my country can GIVE me"? Yeah there are some "brave souls" out there. No doubt it takes a lot of "bravery" to essentially yell "gimme, gimme" over and over again, while effectively demanding that OTHERS provide for them what they, THEMSELVES, are either incapable or unwilling of providing. "No", our "present system" doesn't "work" for everyone...but that's primarily because PEOPLE ARE SUPPOSED TO WORK FOR THEMSELVES AND NOT COUNT ON "THE SYSTEM" TO DO THEIR WORK FOR THEM!! Too many people today apparently have the same attitude that you do; i.e. - that "the system" OWES them a living. 'Course, guess we ought to give credit to those who are "expending the effort to expose" that "fact". Gosh knows that's a worthy path to take in life; i.e. - expending "effort" to "expose" the fact that rest of the world isn't voluntarily handing ITS hard-earned wealth over to them. What a "sacred" calling! Wow, how could we fail to acknowledge the COURAGE and INTEGRITY of such real "HEROES", 'eh? What a TRAVESTY! (and "yes", I'm speaking sarcastically) Not sure if they have "the balls" or not....but those "heroes" sure as the Devil have a history of being cheeky enough to demand over and over again that OTHER PEOPLE supply their needs. Tell you what, "804"; why don't *YOU* make a point of supplying the "wants" of that crowd, instead of constantly making MORE demands on those who are ALREADY contributing to society a thousands times as much as you'll ever likely even dream of coughing-up? Sound like a plan? Think you've got "the balls" for that? And do you think the REST of the "gimme, gimme" crowd has "the balls" to "expend effort" in THAT direction alongside you? I'm betting not. [/QUOTE]
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