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Originally posted by JaxonRoberts
Originally posted by hawkiye
This is bullsh!t!
On this we can certainly agree... Hope you enjoy your Fascism, because that's exactly what you want for this country... Now if I could just figure out a way to get the left wing nuts and the right wing nuts to march off a cliff...
Originally posted by ExPostFacto
Funny stuff reading through this thread. I am a social libertarian I believe in personal responsibility and that part of that responsibility is to make sure your neighbor isn't starving, no matter what. If we didn't have a government and lived within a village say 100 people or so, would it be right that 10 of the 100 starve while the others eat? Would it be right that the village doctor wouldn't treat 20 people out of the 100? Would the 80 people tell the 20 they weren't can't get health care because they didn't have a good enough job within the village?
One thing is for certain, if we lived in a village like the one described above we could call it America.
Originally posted by ExPostFacto
reply to post by hawkiye
We do agree on one point. No body should take from one to give to another. However, if the richest person in the village consumed most of the products of the labor, and did not help that person starving...I would move to kick the rich person out of said village. Likewise, a person that does nothing to help the village would be kicked out. A person that is willing to help out, should have the support of the entire community to get them where they need to be to contribute alleviating the burden on others and spreading the wealth of the community.
Taxes were designed for the purpose of supporting the welfare of the community. Unfortunately our leaders have turned this tax collection game into contracts for the rich. What we have today is socialism for the rich and free markets for the poor.
Originally posted by hawkiye
So can we discuss this in a meaningful way or will this just turn into another left vs right ignorance fest?
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Venezuela's annual inflation rate has surpassed 30% after consumer prices surged in April.
The Central Bank and National Statistics Institute on Friday reported a 5.2% increase in consumer prices during April, driving up the annual rate to 30.4%.
President Hugo Chavez's government has been struggling against the highest inflation rate in Latin America and a weakening economy in general.
Prices increased 11.3% from January to April, up from 6.7% inflation in the same 2009 period.