The sad state of the US people.

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The Ghost of RubangB said:
1) America is the land of the free, but not the land of the free market. A free market is not mentioned in the Constitution.

2) The Constitution allowed slavery, so it's not even the land of the free.

 

 Study your history and you will realize the constitution would not have been ratified if it banned slavery. They simply made the choice at the time that the issue of slavery would be settled at a later time, and they left it open to do so.

I just don't get how you can want america to become a welfare state. If you don't like it, move to europe. Class warefare is BS. Poor people are poor, if someone wants to give money to a church or charity that helps poor people so be it, the gov should not pretend to be robin hood. As things stand right now anyone who is gifted can rise to prominance in American, a society that is shaped by social pretences threatens that. Why would someone who is born poor want to strive to become great when he can just sit back and reap the rewards of people that are actually doing something with their lives. I am sorry I so not want my money going to some poor person. I earned my money, I will give to my church, they help people who are in the church when they are in need. Why do you think socialist societies are not as thriving as capitolistic. Look at china. They are much better off now than they were, since they had been moving closer to a free market. They are still a long ways off, but people actually considered them a legitimate economic power now.