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akuma587 on 17 October 2008
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TheRealMafoo said:
akuma587 said:
TheRealMafoo said:

 

I do understand why you think it's ok you take away there rights. They are rich and it makes them an easy target. None the less, it's wrong.

The time when you need to stand behind what's right, is when it's hard to do so. Not when it's easy.

Also, I would understand if the poor are poor because of the rich, but that's not the case. The rich are not holding anyone down.

Oh, and the bailout that I was adamantly against was the opposite. Talking money from the middle class and giving it to the wealthy. Equally wrong. 

So what is a more important right to protect?  That someone gets to keep a little bit more of their money, or that someone gets to keep their life?

 

 

Every dollar of mine you take, is time of my life you take away from me, as it took time to earn it. Why is my life worth less to you?

Because you are unwilling to give some of your money to ensure basic human rights for everyone in society, such as healthcare.  You choose to take advantage of what society gives back to you everyday, but you piss and moan whenever society expects you to give something back.  Why should a person who can afford to give more not do so?

A society should be judged by the worst things it allows to happen to its people.  Why should the richest country in the world have any problems ensuring that its citizens' basic rights are met?  Hell, even a lot of our schools are in a completely unacceptable condition.  By most standards, our country is still segregated, and lower income schools are often grossly inferior.  Is that what this country stands for?

 



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