Ah, the classic screw you, I have mine attitude thats all too prevalent these days. Skipsailing maybe needs a bit of a lesson in where the real wealth transfers have occurred in this country. Like, for example, the wealth transfer from minorities in this country to the bankers leading into the housing bubble. What did those bankers do with it? They used it as their kitty to play Russian Roulette with our economy. Like, for example, the massive corporate tax subsidies given to oil companies, telephone companies, and other Fortune 500 masters which enable them to pay ZERO corporate taxes while enjoying all of the benefits of operating in a country with a relatively stable economy and educated workforce, roads that work, and lucrative government contracts that keep the Dow Industrials on the rise. One of the greatest wealth transfers of all? Forcing college students into debt and indentured servitude to get the education theyre supposed to get to become a productive member of society. But beyond that, Skipsailings remark demonstrates how some seem to have lost the whole idea of society and community that once existed. Today theres just this idea that were all little satellites operating in our own universes. Compassion and empathy are not part of the libertarian mindset. I get that. But what I see on blogs and television and just about everywhere is mean-spirited, selfish anger toward people who through no fault of their own, had the misfortune to face a health problem for which they had no resources. People who have pre-existing conditions are the norm, not the exception. Perhaps these libertarians ought to think about what will happen when they lose it all because of one doctor visit that finds the heart blockage or the cancer. Failure to understand what something like that really means indicates someone living in a utopian fantasy rather than this real world. Fortunately, theyre slowly becoming outnumbered by those who are discovering the real benefit to Obamacare. When four separate polls show an uptick in public approval despite all of the horrible press its getting right now, theres something completely right about the fundamentals.
Posted on: Fri, 25 Oct 2013 00:43:04 +0000
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