This is almost unbelieveable. As you know, I often watch the comments posted on sites like AOL and Yahoo. And I gotta say, a certain group of people are absolute hypocrites and born losers.
I'm talking about those who, because of their financial position, pay no taxes, and even more to the point, those who live off the sweat of others.
As an example, I have archived a lot of posts that complain mightily about our soaring deficit and how we should cut, cut, cut. But when a politician threatens to cut freebies like Pell grants, welfare, free heating fuel, food stamps, medicaid or anything else these very same posters cry foul, and complain the government is trying to hurt the poor.
Let's get a couple things straight:
1) If a person pays no taxes then they have no right to complain how tax money is used, nor demand that they get a share of it - they already get more than they earned and deserve. They get to use the roads, transportation, hospitals and schools that taxPAYERS paid for.
2) Joe Taxpayer does not owe you ANYTHING. Each of us has the God-given right to "pursue happiness", but we do not have any right to happiness - just the right to pursue it. And if we EARN it, then we have a right to it.
In God's nature, the first law is survival of the fittest. That means each of us is granted the right to FIGHT for, and EARN what we want, through competition. We do NOT have a right to take from those who did the fighting or the earning.
The latest fuss is a proposal to cut the number of Pell Grants for education. And here's a clue: if a person has what it takes to succeed in life, they will succeed, whether or not they get any grants. And if they do not have what it takes to succeed, they will not succeed whether or not they get any grants.
So Pell Grants are a waste of taxpayer money.
No matter how "civilized" we like to think we are, the laws of nature cannot be changed. It is still "survival of the fittest". The weak are not supposed to survive, because the species is only as strong as its weakest link.
Sounds cruel, I know. But that is reality. Think about this little tidbit for a moment - try to name even ONE thing that can survive without something else dying. Even a tree requires food that comes from the decomposition of other living things.
Survival of the fittest. Eat or be eaten. However you call it, it's the same thing - each of us is supposed to compete for and earn our own way in life. Those who do not are nothing more than an anchor on the rest of us.
The ONLY people a compassionate society should care for are those who are either physically or mentally incapable of caring for themselves. Everyone else should be on their own, to rise or fall by their own efforts.
We all want to be winners in the game of life. But think about this - how can anyone win if no one loses? It's like poker - you can only win if other players lose.
That is this thing called "life". We are born. We struggle to win. Or we lose. Most of us win some, and lose some. And then we die. What we should NOT be doing is helping losers to win, for by so doing you are just creating different losers. Remember, one cannot win unless another loses. Everything that lives must consume. Making a winner out of Joe only helps to make a loser out of George.
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