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Snoopy on 13 July 2019
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the-pi-guy said:
Snoopy said:

Then stop voting for parties AKA the Democrat party that wants to increase the government's power. Private charities are great because there is a lot to choose from and since they are nonprofit, we know most of our money is going to a good cause instead of the man in the middle aka the government. Also, we can help people like our families or even strangers without private charities. 

Not really...  

There are plenty of charities where the CEO is making well over a million dollars.  Not exactly "cutting out the middleman".

Besides that, private charities + families helping out doesn't help enough.  There's a reason why Republicans and Democrats both have supported various types of welfare.  

The problem is that people don't realize how much those programs help.  

Snoopy said:

We got that technology mostly due to private companies and not the government. The only exception when the government help us with technology and made our lives better is usually through military/defense spending. Which is why I don't mind it as much unless we go to useless wars or pay for useless things.

The government spends billions of dollars researching for healthcare, space, and tons of other stuff.  

A lot of the drugs for example that private companies are making billions off of, actually came from the government.  

That's why we don't support those charities and find another one to support. That's the great thing about competition. Look how Xbox one dropped its price, bought more studios, created the most powerful console and restructure after people spoke up. Same thing with ps3. We can't really choose another federal government. Republicans and Democrats only support welfare because it gives them votes depending where they are running. Republicans tend to support limited welfare but won't flat out cut it because it is career suicide in some regions.

The biggest achievements in Science and health care came from the private sector. The only time Government has ever helped us greatly is with defense spending because not only do we need protection but a lot of the technology we take for granted such as the internet, GPS, microwaves, commercial flight, etc can be traced back to defense/military spending.