04 Mar 10
Originally posted by TerrierJackI don't allow smoking in my house, some people do, if you don't like the way I run my house or the way smokers run theirs PO.
So you happily sit hours with chain smokers and notice no ill effects?
Or
You run down cyclists and ignore their screams?
Running down cyclists represents a threat to others.
04 Mar 10
Originally posted by AThousandYoungCommon misconception, you should be over it by now. Wealthy people tend not to sit on their money it's usually tied up in investments, do you know what investments are. It's making money work.
Too much wealth is frozen up in private hands. Thus America in total can afford health care but most Americans cannot.
In words you might like better, the rich can afford all of our health care, and they have no right to be that rich at the poor's expense. See the writings of James Madison.
04 Mar 10
Originally posted by whodeyThat was part of the deal Texas accepted when it asked to be annexed to the USA in 1837. Perhaps Texas was afraid of Mexico and wanted American protection.
Just like the States. For example, conservative states like Texas had a surpluss but liberal states like New York and California are in dire straights. Of course, when we all get thrown in the mix together we have to pay for other peoples misdeeds. Sounds fair, eh? Its what makes socialism so great!! In fact, I have to pay for other peoples misdeeds regarding smoking in socialized medicine. Why should I have to?
Then again Texas had just defeated Mexico so maybe not.
04 Mar 10
Originally posted by WajomaThe children of the rich must have their publicly funded security guards.
Nice point there TerrierJack, it's the other insidious side of nationalised health care, the guvamints justifications for ever greater claims on your life grow. People who enjoy the occasional burger will be punished for those that abuse burger consumption (some burgers actually make very healthy meals). Smokers that live long productive lives are punished ...[text shortened]... rough 'sin' taxes.
The innocent are made guilty. The careful must pay for the careless.
04 Mar 10
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Originally posted by WajomaYeah, leave those schizophrenics alone to not be productive of their own free will, dammit!
You only benefit in so much as you have something of benefit to trade, if someone doesn't want to be productive leave them to it, mind your own business, you have some kind of compulsive disorder about being concerned with every other persons life.
Well, the poor ones anyway. The rich ones have family wealth to support them - family wealth they never earned, but somehow that doesn't matter. All I know is that they are better than the poor ones who deserve to suffer for being lazy!
But not the schizophrenics I know and care about. Those ones are victims whose family will take care of them, and this is how it should be. If Daddy found a way to get rich and never got caught when he was immorally doing so, then his children somehow are more virtuous and deserve more unearned treatment than those with the same illness but whose parents didn't strike it rich (rightfully or not).
04 Mar 10
Originally posted by WajomaIn Wajomaworld, the rich have police protection from the starving masses. That's civilization, where the peasants can't bother the elites at public expense. Such a superior system.
You're getting confused again, WajomaWorld is not anarchy, Somalia is.
If only those damn American colonists had understood that a few hundred years ago.
04 Mar 10
Originally posted by WajomaPeople holding resources can be persuaded to part with resources if you offer to give them enough resources? 🙄
There might be a couple of oddballs collect things for the sake of collecting, generally these take the form of barbie doll collections, or beer can collections. People holding other resources can usually be persuaded to part with them for the right price.
04 Mar 10
Originally posted by WajomaSorry about the edit.
Take it easy on the edit button.
I don't want the cops helping a homeless person smash my window to gain access my house. I expect them to stop that type of behaviour.
Yes, I know you expect public guardians to violently stop people from using items you feel only you should use, whether you or they need them or not.
04 Mar 10
Originally posted by WajomaInvestments in reality are generally when rich people trade resources with other rich people. It takes money to make money...
Common misconception, you should be over it by now. Wealthy people tend not to sit on their money it's usually tied up in investments, do you know what investments are. It's making money work.
So if you don't have any, too bad for you!