Flanneryaug said:
sperrico87 said:
Flanneryaug said:
sperrico87 said:
Flanneryaug said:
What makes you think he cares about the poor?
"I'm not concerned about the very poor, we have a safety net there, if it needs repair ill fix it"
"There are 47 percent who are with him, who are dependent upon government, who believe that they are victims, who believe that government has a responsibility to care for them, who believe that they are entitled to health care, to food, to housing, to you name it."
"And so my job is not to worry about those people—I'll never convince them that they should take personal responsibility and care for their lives."
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So you think everyone has a right to a house?
There is a safety net for the very poor...there are thousands of them. Not even including the nearly 100 government welfare programs, there are also Charities and shelters that are publicly and privately funded. Is all that not enough for you? We need to throw even more money at the problem?
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There is a difference between a house and housing. Housing means not living on the street. Don't you think people are entitled to food? Apparently Romney doesn't. The fact is that we should provide opportunity for people to succeed, not just a safety net.
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Housing is not a right. No one is entitled to someone else's money.
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By that logic, we shouldn't help the hurricane victims, and we shouldn't help starving children in Africa.
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Why should the government subsdize insurance and encourage people to build homes in areas susceptible to hurricanes? Why should people in Missouri be taxed to pay for irresponsible building in coastal areas that sit below sea level?
I don't even know what you mean when you say helping starving chilren in Africa. We give billions to Africa, but most of it is used by war lords to buy weapons and murder their own people. The best way to help starving children in Africa, if you're so concerned about it, is to fly over there and feed them yourself. It's called private charity. Something the government can't do, because the only power the government has it what it takes from productive people who earn wealth.
