richardhutnik said:
I am not the person who has a problem with individuals receiving money they didn't earn, whether it be charity, inheritance, or government hand outs. I do believe completely getting rid of the inheritance tax would do major damage to helping charities though. I mention what I did, because apparently when people argue against welfare, saying how people shouldn't get stuff they didn't earn, you usually find these same individuals defending the abolition of the inheritance tax. The issue then isn't that people shouldn't get things they didn't earn, but that rich people's shouldn't have what they possess imposed upon in any way, even when they are dead. And what of the case of the said lazy person, who apparently doesn't have the motivation to work, or sees a reason for it, or who can't afford food. Should this person be left to die? Or in cases also where people just can't work. In my case, I am laid up with a back/leg issue which cost me a part-time janitor position I had, and hadn't been able to be employable at anything white collar. I do want to do work, but not reveals itself. Even low level IT work, like helpdesk would be fine now, but not reveals itself. |
Well as for your point about inheritance/welfare I think you make a very interesting argument. In both cases people are getting money they don't "deserve" or in other words hasn't worked to get. I do think the one major difference is, however, that inheritance is money that your parents worked their entire lives to get and had enough left over to pass down to their children. Welfare on the other hand is money that is being taken from you and given to a complete stranger possibly in a different part of the country. I have no problem with inheritance because its money your family worked hard to get and you have the right to pass it down to your children; but welfare on the other hand is a great thing but too often its abused by lazy people who aren't even trying to find jobs.
And as for your question about should a lazy person with no motivation to work be "left to die" or in less dramatic terms "be left to fend for themselves" then I think yes. Now before you call me a jackass I'm only saying someone with no desire what-so-ever to work or find a job should be left on their own. As long as a person is making an honest effort to find meaningful work (or even volunteering) then they should be helped by the government. I just don't want to see my hard earned tax dollars going to a guy who doesn't work and is making no effort to find a job.
Now a person like yourself who is off work with an injury and is looking for other work, is entitled to some assistance I think.
