Obama... Man Were We All Fooled...

[The Ghost of RubangB]

Jackson50 said:

Jandre002 said:

But if you are making a surplus of money and you can help your fellow Americans, wouldn't you want to? On top of that, we can see that this "ill handle me, you handle you" mentality is flawed in our economy. If the bottom falls out then everything falls apart. Rich Americans would not be rich if it weren't for the American people. They didn't actually perform the work, but they did provide and support the system in which they thrived. Its a moral obligation to help the country in a time of need, and it will help maintain the system that allowed rich people to reach that level in the first place.

 

 

Our economy has a "I'll handle me and you handle you" mentality because that is how capitalism works. If you improve and make decisions that benefit yourself and I improve and make decisions that benefit myself, then everyone is better off. But to say that Americans have that mentality is wrong. Americans are quite generous and are always willing to help out their fellow man. Americans give more than double any other nation. as % of GDP to private charities.

    ORLY?    ;)