Mr Khan said:
sc94597 said:
prayformojo said:
Marks said:
prayformojo said:
No, but the "patriots" er...elite capitalistic pigs who believe in hoarding 90% of the resources for themselves while bleeding,starving and enslaving the poor will tell you otherwise. |
You sound like the type of guy that supports high business taxes, and union rights...then wonders why all the factories are moving to China.
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Our country is one built on the old idea that it's "every man for himself." I do not believe that way. I believe we are all in this together as a human race. We should all take care of one another and those who feel otherwise, should be made to treat others with such respect.
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This is so untrue. Americans give more PRIVATE welfare (charity) and help each other more than most of Europe. Ironically, the only other countries in the world that give more are those which have freer economies. Which is a more charitable people, those who do it out of their own free will, or those who do it because they are forced to?
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Much of that private giving just goes to churches, though. Not to say churches don't do good things in their communities, but that is not primarily what they do nor primarily how that money is spent (most of it is just sustaining funds for church activities)
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Actually if you look at OECD's Social Expenditure stats,
http://stats.oecd.org/Index.aspx?DataSetCode=SOCX_AGG
for the U.S - Voluntary private:
3.9% GDP on Old Age
.4% GDP Incapacity Related
5.9% Health Related
0% Other
That is 10% of total GDP spent on Old Age, Disabilities, and Health. Let's compare it to say, the UK.
4.5% GDP on Old Age
.4% GDP on Incapacity
.3% GDP on Health (arguably with public health care there is less of a private need)
.1% GDP on other social policies
With a total of 5.3%
They are quite similar, yet Americans are supposedly evil and greed people who only care about themselves.
