posted on Nov, 16 2008 @ 05:57 AM
I have constantly heard all my life, about how the poor and lazy are the biggest welfare abusers in our society and here is the website with the
definition of welfare for reference:
dictionary.reference.com...
but let me throw a different perspective into the mix, as how this may not necessarily be the case.
the wealthy in any country enjoy a completely different and foreign way of living, compared to the lives of the middle class or lower class. and we
have always been told that it is their money and they have earned it, thus they should NOT have it confiscated or shared with people that did not work
for it. however if the wealthy wanted to live in a completely capitalistic country, the best places would be in the countries that have the least
amount of taxation and/or fees from a government entity. and the vast majority of these, are 3rd world countries. imagine if the wealthy in this
country, had to build with their own money, the roads and bridges they travel on, to build entirely with their own money, sewer systems, water
systems, electrical plants and transmission lines. they would have to personnally pay out of their own pocket for firemen and the equipment they use,
and some type of private police force, their equipment and infrastructure. if they they wanted to fly somewhere in their private jets, they would have
to personally pay for some type of airport and the manpower and equipment needed for that to function with some degree of safety. they would, like
most of them do now, have to build schools, pay teachers, and maintain all the services required for that. and as far as any type of communications,
they would have to pay personally for internet and phone towers and lines and/or wireless services, and hire people along with all the various
infrastructure to run and maintain it. they would have to hire an army with living facilities, and the various types of weapon systems, to protect
them in case of an invasion from another country, or massive group of people that didn't particularly like them. they would have to hire managers
into some type of centralized entity to make sure all of these different segments are controlled and working efficently to minimize cost. if they
wanted to travel in their ships or yachts, they would have to build docks and piers and staff them. and for their food they would have to personally
pay for all the growing and shipping and lets not forget, personally paying for people that would make sure the food they were eating was safe. and
financially they would have to build banks and investment firms and staff them with bankers and accountants for protection of their wealth. etcetera,
etcetera.
i guess what i'm getting at is that alot of the civilized and modern society provide this SHARED AND SOCIALISTIC arena, so that the wealthy do not
have to incur all of the costs personally. and to me that is a massive amount of welfare that is enjoyed by the top 5%, and largely financed
PERCENTAGE-WISE (this is capitalized because i have had this discussion before), by the other 95% of this civilized and modern society.