thranx said:
Than the best way to stop all of this waste is to let american people keep the money they earn, and to let them spend it themselves how they need. People should not be paying 30-50% of their income through various taxations. We are adults we should be able to stand on our on two feet or fall by trying. Government needs to take a step back from running our lives. |
Government spending on welfare, national healthcare, state-run education and so on DIRECTLY BENEFITS YOU. That is what people who argue along your lines don't recognise. Having 99% of the population healthy and well educated and not living on the street helps you in hundreds of ways - improving the economy, lowering emergency medical care costs that would have to be paid by the state anyway, reducing crime, reducing paranormal beliefs and religious fundamentalism among the population...
It's just that it's not being spent and guided well, not that these services shouldn't be state run. By excluding the poor people from a number of services because they can't afford to pay it from the "money they earn" alone, you are creating social and economic problems that will cost you directly many times over the cost of welfare.
