Command and Conquer: Renegade Official Forums: Heated Discussions and Debates

Home » General Discussions » Heated Discussions and Debates » Rich People vs. Poor People

Show: Today's Messages :: Polls :: Message Navigator

Re: Rich People vs. Poor People [message #160868 is a reply to message #160722]

Sun, 19 June 2005 21:25

Hydra
Messages: 827
Registered: September 2003
Location: Atlanta, GA

Karma:

Colonel

Javaxcx wrote on Sun, 19 June 2005 01:38

Well, the problem with charity is that it is circumstantial and does not necessarily address everyone that may "need" welfare.

Sure, no single charity can ever administer to everyone who needs a "helping hand"--that's why there are literally hundreds if not thousands or even tens of thousands of charity organizations on the entire North American continent.

You don't fix poverty by throwing money at the poor--you change their destrictive lifestyles.
How do you do that? By addressing each and every person on an individual basis and working with him to change his self-destructive habits.
Throwing money at them in the form of a welfare check every month is no way to change self-destructive habits, but that seems to be all that the government is capable of.

Quote:

I have little problem paying a percentage of my taxes to see that someone else can get back on their feet

That's the problem with welfare--it doesn't help people get back on their feet.
It doesn't force them to change their self-destructive lifestyles. It enables them to continue being poor since it's a source of free money for them to squander on beer and lottery tickets.

Quote:

Last time I checked, neither of us have that right.

Not according to the Declaration of Independence. "Inalienable right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness." That whole thing (not really expecting you to know that, though, since you're Canadian Razz

).

There is no Constitutional guarantee of a warm bed to sleep in and free food, so why should I have money I've earned taken from me and given to someone else?

Sidenote (not directed at you, Javaxcx): it's funny how people who often accuse others of being "heartless" and "selfish" only want to play with other people's money--never their own.
The government doesn't need to step in and take my money from me and give it to someone else. I can do it just as well on my own without needing the government to take it from me.

Why don't you get your hand out of my pocket and put it back in your own? Instead of taking my money from me and giving it to others, you can try giving up some of your own money. Who's the greedy one now, hypocrite?

Aircraftkiller

Hey, if you've got beachfront property in Panama City, invite me over so I can visit or something.

Though the property will be as good as ours in the next few days (contract competitor can't find financing in time allowed by his contract; we already have financing all lined up), we probably won't close on it 'till July.

Walter Keith Koester: September 22, 1962 - March 15, 2005
God be with you, Uncle Wally.

http://www.warriorforums.net/forums/images/warriorsforchrist/statusicon/forum_new.gif

(<---New(ish) Prayer Group Forums)

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v632/venompawz/cross.gif

(<---Archived Prayer Group Forums)

Report message to a moderator

[Message index]

		Rich People vs. Poor People By: Hydra on Fri, 17 June 2005 09:23
		Re: Rich People vs. Poor People By: Javaxcx on Fri, 17 June 2005 10:28
		Re: Rich People vs. Poor People By: kinghigh1 on Fri, 17 June 2005 10:53
		Re: Rich People vs. Poor People By: Fabian on Fri, 17 June 2005 10:56
		Re: Rich People vs. Poor People By: kinghigh1 on Fri, 17 June 2005 10:57
		Re: Rich People vs. Poor People By: Hydra on Sat, 18 June 2005 20:18
		Re: Rich People vs. Poor People By: Javaxcx on Sat, 18 June 2005 22:38
		Re: Rich People vs. Poor People By: Hydra on Sun, 19 June 2005 21:25
		Re: Rich People vs. Poor People By: Javaxcx on Mon, 20 June 2005 13:26
		Re: Rich People vs. Poor People By: warranto on Mon, 20 June 2005 13:53
		Re: Rich People vs. Poor People By: Fabian on Wed, 22 June 2005 06:46
		Re: Rich People vs. Poor People By: Crimson on Fri, 17 June 2005 11:40
		Re: Rich People vs. Poor People By: warranto on Fri, 17 June 2005 13:50
		Re: Rich People vs. Poor People By: Crimson on Fri, 17 June 2005 19:57
		Re: Rich People vs. Poor People By: zgunner12 on Fri, 17 June 2005 20:05
		Re: Rich People vs. Poor People By: kinghigh1 on Fri, 17 June 2005 20:13
		Re: Rich People vs. Poor People By: zgunner12 on Fri, 17 June 2005 20:15
		Re: Rich People vs. Poor People By: cheesesoda on Fri, 17 June 2005 11:53
		Re: Rich People vs. Poor People By: kinghigh1 on Fri, 17 June 2005 13:49
		Re: Rich People vs. Poor People By: cheesesoda on Fri, 17 June 2005 15:02
		Re: Rich People vs. Poor People By: Jecht on Fri, 17 June 2005 21:36
		Re: Rich People vs. Poor People By: kinghigh1 on Sat, 18 June 2005 17:57
		Re: Rich People vs. Poor People By: msgtpain on Sat, 18 June 2005 18:22
		Re: Rich People vs. Poor People By: kinghigh1 on Sat, 18 June 2005 18:58
		Re: Rich People vs. Poor People By: bigejoe14 on Sat, 18 June 2005 19:47
		Re: Rich People vs. Poor People By: kinghigh1 on Sat, 18 June 2005 20:01
		Re: Rich People vs. Poor People By: prox on Sat, 18 June 2005 20:38
		Re: Rich People vs. Poor People By: Hydra on Sat, 18 June 2005 20:56
		Re: Rich People vs. Poor People By: Jecht on Sat, 18 June 2005 21:20
		Re: Rich People vs. Poor People By: Aircraftkiller on Sat, 18 June 2005 22:41
		Re: Rich People vs. Poor People By: kinghigh1 on Sun, 19 June 2005 04:42
		Re: Rich People vs. Poor People By: Jecht on Sun, 19 June 2005 22:39
		Re: Rich People vs. Poor People By: Crimson on Mon, 20 June 2005 02:48
		Re: Rich People vs. Poor People By: cheesesoda on Wed, 22 June 2005 09:54
		Re: Rich People vs. Poor People By: Doitle on Mon, 20 June 2005 10:40
		Re: Rich People vs. Poor People By: Crimson on Wed, 22 June 2005 10:17
		Re: Rich People vs. Poor People By: cheesesoda on Wed, 22 June 2005 10:44

Previous Topic:	ACK & Reality Television
Next Topic:	Supreme Court repeals 5th amendment?

Goto Forum:

-=] Back to Top [=-

[ Syndicate this forum (XML) ] [

] [

]

Current Time: Tue Feb 04 18:08:20 MST 2025

Total time taken to generate the page: 0.01227 seconds