In other words, y is that the system treats the poor like crap n the rich in luxury, don't u think this is unfair of the system??
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Best system in the whole world, just ask anybody. Not. That is one of the reasons that I am against the death penelty. If you are poor and black you are strapped to a gurney and and put to death, has little to do with guilty or not guilty.
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Pancakes... ah how nice it is to be upper middle class, but maybe you should turn off the TV all together and visit some of our poor communities.... only the rich come here to get health care... the poor in the country can't afford it... just because they aren't the brightest, doesn't mean they shouldn't get health care...\n\nsimple answer to your question is greed... the sin of greed is very acceptable to our "moral conservatives," in fact it's encouraged...
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Yes, it annoys me, too. I grew up around people like that. This is partly why I'm against welfare-because I know that it gets abused. The major reason I'm against it though, is because I believe in people just being responsible for themselves. Unemployment for people who have actually LOST their jobs is about the only social welfare I believe in-aside from financial aid, which helps kids get out of an unfortunate situation that they were put in by their parents.\n\npseudo_obscure, I skimmed through the other posts, and I see no mention of race/color. Why would you call someone a racist for commenting on welfare? It seems like you are the racist for associating welfare with a specific race.\n\npinky, and anyone else who does not believe that people on welfare actually pay for nothing in life, I grew up with people like this. First off, there's something called Section 8, in which the govt will pay part or ALL of your rent. Add food stamps to that, and what's left for these people to worry about in life??? A few years ago, I worked with someone who was about to move into another home, and she was hesitant because she didn't "want to lose [her] housing" and that she "waited 3 years to get free housing". SHE ACTUALLY SAID THAT!!! Can you imagine hearing crap like that from one of your COWORKERS? Knowing that part of the deductions from your pay check is going to pay her rent?
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Gentically we are 99 percent the same. I have met some people born without limbs, born blind or born with CP, they had no choice in the matter. \n\nSo socially we are not equal true, high class people by your account means money... \n\n1) rich people want money poor poeple want money \n2) rich people want love, poor poeple want love\n3) rich people make families, poor people make families.\nect ect \n\nso you've been socially conditioned to need to feel better than someone else. other groups..that do this...and no you are not one of these.....\n\n\nRacist.\nSexist.\n\n\nyou by your stament are a Classist...your point is we are not equal...maybe under the law, society, community ect....\n\nthat it is ignorant...maybe...but it is a better option than having the conditioning of either a classist, racist, or sexist. not that you are those last too, its just under the same catagory of thinking.
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Here's a few pointers on "rich people".\n\nA few of them were given the money and have never worked a day in their life. They were born rich and have lived a life of luxury. The minute that they take their eyes OFF of holding onto all that money.....it will begin to slip away. It is VERY expensive to live a life of luxury....when you don't work. You depend on investments for your income and the road to the poor-house is LITTERED with people who let someone ELSE take care of their money. So they can't trust many people. They probably spend money like CRAZY......but also give a lot of money away to charities of MANY types...because giving money away is VERY COOL with really rich people. They constantly BRAG about their favorite charities and all of the good things that they do. Taxes are VERY, VERY expensive to rich people who do not work. Imagine making 10% on your money in an investment ....and then having 50% eaten up in income, sales, usage, property, etc taxes!!!! You would be concerned, TOO. \nWhatever you WOULD have had in the bank as income is cut by more than HALF.\n\nThe other type of rich person WORKS for his/her money. They are either SMARTER than most of us or work WAYYYYY harder than most of us. So, when they get a tax "bill" for 50% of their money they have to work HARDER and that makes them upset!!!! It makes YOU upset, too.....when lots of your money goes to the government, doesn't it???\n\nOn top of all of that.....the government has NEVER been the most frugal "charity" out there. If you want to help people it is usually better to support local charities that know how to distribute the help, right??? Rich people who pay LOTS of taxes have a bigger say and a bigger complaint about how POORLY their tax dollars are spent. If you pay $10,000 in taxes you should be very upset. If you paid $100,000-$1,000,000 in taxes every year wouldn't you be MORE upset???!!! Even if you had lots more money left you'd be concerned that your money was being "wasted"......that would be NORMAL... EXPECTED.\n\nMost rich people find it a FULL-TIME JOB to hold onto the money they work SO HARD FOR. \n\nIt's not our/your money.\n\n\nAnd why would YOU complain about something that the rich do, anyway. If you save up your money and get a good education you can join their club and report on their problems from the "inside".
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So they can get more money ... they are lazy and screw the system for everything they can get!!
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It is alarming how misinformed most people are about the Federal income tax and all other state and local taxes.  The "Rich" pay in excess of 80% of federal individual income taxes.  The "Rich" pay close to 40 cents of every dollar they earn in Federal and State income taxes.  If you want to talk "fair," how fair is it for someone to work hard in school and then life and then fork over almost half of what they make to someone else.  The "Rich" also pay more than the majority of all local property taxes.  The "Poor" are eligible for the EITC which gives them back more money than they pay in federal income taxes.  Most "poor" people really resent the "wealthy" not the "rich."  If a "Rich" person stops working, she will no longer be "Rich" and will be eligible for the same EITC that "Poor" people receive.  The "Wealthy" never have to work another day in their lives and if smart, never pay the taxes that the "Rich" do.  I blame the misinformation mostly on CPAs like myself who don't do a very good job at telling our complaining clients to shut up and try working a little smarter.
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Society is far from fair, but so is life anyway.  the real problem i have with "radical" liberals is when they go so far, that they want to take apart the morals and values of society, and turn everything that is wrong, and make it right.\n\nI also find that while liberals scream "tolerance" they are hypocritical in that they tear apart any others who disagree with them, with out a logical argument.  (Not all, but many)\n\nanother thing i learned about liberals, is that, yes, they want a fair chance for every one.  but if you look at the welfare system, and how it really works, you will find that it, in itself, represses people and keeps them poor.  It exist on purpose.  so that the working class will have jobs.  (and they still struggle)The welfare system doesn't take kids away from rich people, just the poor.  A recipient of the welfare system gets 10 cents, while the welfare institution gets 90 cents out of every dollar.  the more people they keep poor, the more money they get.  society is set up for the haves and have nots.  \n\nLiberalism is just a new name for socialism.  The rich will never give up their riches and share.  They live off the lower classes and force the middle classes to take up the slack in taxes.  Then the poor are used as scapegoats, so that the rich can blame the poor for the ills of society, while in reality, all the institutions in society are set up so that "the rich stay rich" and the poor stay poor" no matter how hard you work.  There are few exceptions.  \n\nThere is no eason for poverty in our country, and if you were to put every single able working body to work, you wouldn't have enough jobs to go around anyway, and many jobs are with out any benefits, and pay too little.  so the rich can get richer.\n\nAlot of things about this country need reform, but to go with liberalism will eventually lead to totalitarian control, which would then, take away the freedoms we cherish.  \n\nBasically you can trace many of societies problems to greed.  When you see the values and morals of society coming undone, you know someone has been working hard to keep their positions of power.
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No, because anyone can fall on hard times.  However, many people abuse such services and are there by their own fault.  But, every person should be respected at first.
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I do. I have worked hard all of my life on this Earth. I have never needed welfare or any assistance from the government to raise my child or my family for that matter. Isn't it amazing that people who don't work have refrigerators full of food that the government pays for ,i mean hundreds of dollars in food and I can only afford to fill it up not even close to full. They are lazy and I don't appreciate my precious money coming out of my check every time i get paid, taking care of these louses ,who use the money to get their hair and nails done. Lazy people absolutely disgust me and I pray that the welfare system will soon be gone and they make those people who can work, work. \n\nEven the bible says:\nII Thes 3:10:\nIf a man will not work, he shall not eat."
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food for the poor?  maybe the poor should stop being lazy sons of bitches and stop taking my money.\n\nequal rights for all?  should be equal rights for peole who actually matter in society.
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These are obviously people who either have money or has someone giving them money.   What kills me is the fact that someone who has paid taxes and worked hard and ends up on hard times, has a harder time getting welfare than someone who has never worked.  Go figure.
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every citizen is entitled to an attorny and one is appointed to them if they cant afford one.  But unfortunately, those that have money can get BETTER attorneys.  Thats just the way it works my friend.
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it would never work. If we had all the same, no one would collect the trash or do similar jobs, why should they.\nBut I do think that could be a better balance, if the Rich gave more. I ask I much money does one need to be happy, how much is enough, a million, 2 million where does it stop.\nI'm not poor or rich and still I help and give to the ones worse off them me, so if the rich help more this would be better world.
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Like I, the government doesn't care about the poor.\n\nI wouldn't participate in such acts.
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Of course it isn't fair!  So much of our legal system is biased in favor of the perceived 'victim' that it all-too-often MAKES a victim.  Soooo many groups whine & complain about being oppressed & disadvantaged- when they're actually the ones with the advantage.  That's the problem with special rules for some- there will always be those willing to abuse them.
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I suppose it's because people in our world today base their respect on money. The more you have it, the more superior you are... It's awful, really. Even if they're poor, they still go buy expensive things which they can't really afford, just so they could brag about something.